Carved Lapis Lazuli Figure, China, 20th Century

A small Chinese carved Lapis-Lazuli figure of a water buffalo Naturalistically carved as a muscular buffalo sturdily standing on four cloven feet, the raised head turned to the righ...

A well carved Chinese Lapis Lazuli figure of a duck with a Lotus flower probably dating from the latter 19th or early 20th century. The figure is h...

An exquisitely carved Lapis Lazuli figurine depicting an Emperor and Empress in the style of the late Ming to early Qing Dynasty. Crafted from genuine Lapis Lazuli, a rare and preci...

A Chinese scholar rock carved from a natural lapis stone and displayed on a brocade wrapped stand circa late 19th century Qing Dynasty. The brightly blue lapis was considered as am exotic gemstone in China and mostly imported from Persia through the silk road. While not a conventional rock types of materials for scholar stones, it is occasionally carved and polished into smaller Gongshi to be displayed and meditated upon in the scholar's study. Similar approaches were also done with jade, malachite and turquoise, even petrified wood, Chenxiang Agarwood, roots in spirited form, porcelain and even bronze in rock forms. The lapis was carved into a mountain form with stacked rocks...

A wonderfully Chinese carved coral branch in the form of Shou Lao, also called Shouxing, the Chinese god of longevity, Republic period, early ...

20th century Chinese soapstone Guanyin figure sculpture.