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A CARVED SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF ONE OF THE HEHE TWINS A GROUP OF FIVE SMALL CARVED JADE DECORATIONS
Late Qing/Republic period Including a small toggle carved with water caltrops, a young boy
The stone of whorled gray and earth tones, surmounted by one laying on a lingzhi sprig, an axe-form carving topped with an
of the twins seated holding his identifying basket atop a detailed animal, the longevity god shoulao, and a recumbent dog.
plinth surrounded by raised relief depictions of additional figures, the 1 1/2 to 2 3/8in (3.8 to 6cm) long (5).
underside incised in reverse to serve as a the face of a seal reading
Hehe Xianren (old chips and scratches). $1,200 - 1,800
8 1/4in (21cm) high

$1,000 - 1,500

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