Details
- Dimensions
- 4.25ʺW × 4.25ʺD × 9.25ʺH
- Styles
- Chinese
- Art Subjects
- Figure
- Period
- Mid 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- China
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Soapstone
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Good allover condition, with no losses to carving. The base is bolted to the body underneath. Good allover condition, with no losses to carving. The base is bolted to the body underneath. less
- Description
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An impressive and quite rare Hand Carved Soapstone Standing Asian Figure of a Japanese or Chinese Gentleman standing on one …
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An impressive and quite rare Hand Carved Soapstone Standing Asian Figure of a Japanese or Chinese Gentleman standing on one foot, carrying a circular disk type object on his back, ending on a square Sopastone carved base on a square polished brass platform.
The carving is in colours of browns and dark cream, made in China during the last half of the Nineteenth Century.
Condition: Good allover condition, with no losses to carving. The base is bolted to the body underneath.
Height: (entire including brass base) 9.25" (23.5cm). Width: (at base) 4.25" (10.5cm). Depth: (at base) 4.25” (10.5cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
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Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock. It is composed largely of the magnesium-rich mineral talc. It is produced by dynamo thermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occur in subduction zones, changing rocks by heat and pressure, with influx of fluids but without melting. It has been a carving medium for thousands of years especially by Chinese less
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