AN ASIAN SOAPSTONE CARVING

of nymphs making music in the shade of trees and flying overhead amongst the gnarled branches, the amber-coloured stone with a soft polish and celadon highlights cleverly used in the rendering of the subject, 15cm high x 16cm wide; a "rock-crystal" vessel of archaic form, 12.5cm; and a "jade" vessel of cylindrical form decorated with lines of raised buttons, 6cm high (3)