A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A LADY HOLDING A VASE 17th/18th century Standing on a high base of pitted rocks, holding a square cong vase scroll with both hands, wearing a long draping robe finely incised with floral clusters of vaporous clouds and tied at the waist with a flowing sash falling over a pair of loose trousers, the stone of pale honey-brown colour with reddish inclusions, traces of coloured pigments remaining. 23.5cm (9 1/4 in) high. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十七/十八世紀 壽山石雕持瓶仕女立像 See a related figure illustrated by M.Eberle, Götter aus Stein: Die Sammlung chinesischer Specksteinfiguren auf Schloss Friedenstien Gotha, Gotha, 2015, no. 222. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com