20th Century Carved Soapstone Chinese Snuff Bottle
The carver creatively used the lighter colored areas to for the pine tree, and egret on one side and I think tried as well to use the same for the rocky landscape on the lower reverse side with rising sun, and a eagle perched on rocks, and what I can only guess may be some kind of sloth, but the two tails throw me off..
2 3/8" tall...
The carver creatively used the lighter colored areas to for the pine tree, and egret on one side and I think tried as well to use the same for the rocky landscape on the lower reverse side with rising sun, and a eagle perched on rocks, and what I can only guess may be some kind of sloth, but the two tails throw me off..
2 3/8" tall...
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