A soapstone boulder
Signed Shiqing (1924-2013), 20th centuryOne side finely carved with a group of bearded sages gazing at a scroll, beneath a gnarled pine tree and rockwork, a pavillion in the distance, the reverse with calligraphic inscription, the stone of lustrous amber tone. 10cm (3 7/8in) high.
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二十世紀 壽山石薄意雕松下高士擺件The boulder is inscribed:'北山白雲裡,隱者自怡悅,石卿作'Which may be translated as:'Northern mountains amidst white clouds, the hermit alone is joyous. By Shiqing'