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Subject:Help with stone carving of old man
Posted By: Paul Wilkins Sun, Jan 26, 2020 IP: 2a02:c7d:921f:df00:e Hello |
Subject:Re: Help with stone carving of old man
Posted By: Mark Adams Mon, Jan 27, 2020 Looks like serpentine. |
Subject:Re: Help with stone carving of old man
Posted By: Tom Aspden Mon, Jan 27, 2020 Looks like soapstone to me, there are a lot of chinese soapstone carvings about. Although it's difficult to say for certan, I would say that your carving was early to mid 20th century, but others on this forum may be able to give a better idea of age. |
Subject:Re: Help with stone carving of old man
Posted By: Ernest Wilhelm Mon, Jan 27, 2020 Judging by the poor quality pictures I see that this is a soapstone carving. |
Subject:Re: Help with stone carving of old man
Posted By: Stan Wed, Jan 29, 2020 These soapstone statues can be picked up in any Chinese souvenir shop. Here is one we bought for $40 to take up shelf space in our Asian cabinet. |
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