CHINA - Lot 322

CHINA Important lot of hard stones including : - a carved rose quartz group representing a spring goddess with two birds. On a carved wooden base. H. 25.5 cm - Base size: 3 x 14 cm (chips to the flowering branches above the goddess, and to the tip of a bird's tail in the lower right of the group, as is). - A light-green soapstone goddess of spring, holding a fruit-bearing branch in her right hand and a flyswatter in her left. On a wooden base decorated with friezes. H. goddess: 21 cm - H. total with base: 25 cm (chips to the habit and headdress, as is) - Four carved Milefo Buddhas, one in amethyst (H. 7.5 cm), one in rock crystal (H. 10 cm), one in sodalite (H. 10.4 cm), one in aventurine with carved wooden base (H. 6.2 cm and H. 9.5 cm with base). - Lapis lazuli subject depicting a seated divinity holding the ruyi scepter - Agate subject in the shape of a longevity peach with high-relief carving of an elephant-backed figure holding a fly swatter (As is)