a group of Three jade and soapstone carvings


The first a toggle rendered as two mushroom heads beneath a small lingzhi fungus, carved from nephrite of whitish color; the second a pebble simply carved perhaps to depict a group of peaches, the nephrite of gray marked by large dark patches of russet 'skin;' the third a tall ovoid section of beige colored soapstone, incised to the exterior to depict a detailed riverside landscape above a lengthy calligraphic inscription bearing an apocryphal Jiajing bingwu nian date (equivalent to 1546), the underside perhaps reading you mi tian (chips). 3 3/4in (9.5cm) height of third and tallest