China trade vase ca.1880s

Posted by Sidonie (Sydney, Australia) on 28 July 2007 in Art & Design and Portfolio.

Passed down from my great grand-mother to me, this hand-carved soapstone vase depicting a mountain path climbing through willows to the pagoda on the summit, is one of my most treasured possessions. It arrived in Australia during the boom times of the China trade 1880s.

See tomorrow's post for rear view.

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