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Sat, Sep 13, 2014 09:00AM EDT - Sun, Sep 14, 2014 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1002

Carved Soapstone Vase, Standing

Estimate: $100 - $300

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Figure, Shallow Dish Chinese, early 20th century: figure of a wise man holding a lotus bulb and flower, staff with foo lion, rustic carved base, 8 in., [good condition;] carved gray soapstone leaf-form dish, center with dragon turtle, 7 x 5 in., [some color anomalies at center;] green and red reticulated soapstone vase inset into a mountain landscape, 9 in., [small break at top leaf area]; chips to edges of lily pad; vase with natural internal fractures; male figure with several internal horizontal fractures to robe. Provenance: Smith Estate, Missouri