Two hardstone carvings


The first, a figural group depicting monkeys cavorting on top of and within an irregularly triangular upright hollow concavity incised to the exterior in gnarled bark patterns and surrounded by a fecund profusion of peach branches, all carved from stone whorled in hues of olive, gray and army green; the second, a tall handled tripod vessel in the shape of late Shang dynasty bronze steamers (yan), the exterior incised in dissolved zoomorphic mask patterns and repeating geometric bands, rendered in nephrite of sea-foam hue streaked in prominent veins of oatmeal and russet color. 8 1/4in (21cm) height of first and taller