Chinese Carved Stone and Turquoise Ornaments

Three Chinese carved turquoise, lapis lazuli and soapstone…
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Three Chinese carved turquoise, lapis lazuli and soapstone ornaments, comprising a small lapis lazuli rearing horse on stand, a turquoise traditional lady carrying a basket of flowers and a mottled grey and brown soapstone vase on stand, carved and pierced as a natural vessel on a leafy mountain side with incised character marks, height 13.5 cm, width 14.5 cm and smaller

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  • Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
  • Lapis Lazuli - Lapis lazuli is a semi-precious deep blue coloured stone, sometimes with gold inclusions, that has been used for thousands of years for jewellery, decorative items and decoration.

    It is mined in Afghanistan, Siberia, Chile, USA and Burma. The mines in north-eastern Afghanistan are the largest source of lapis lazuli, and have been operating for over 6,000 years.

    They were the source of the stone for the ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilsations.

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