chinese carved soapstone bud vases.

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my parents had a couple of these, the red ones. we called them "red jade". my sibling inherited one, and i the other. as i've come across more here and there, i've scooped them up. now i have 4. another little collection of pretty things. there appear to be a couple of different styles, and levels of detail, possibly regional. they still make these for export. maybe one day i should have them appraised, but i just like to look at them. little universes unto themselves.
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i'm retired. what's your excuse?

Re: chinese carved soapstone bud vases.

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i searched them up on the net, found some for sale, anywhere from $65 to $700. i have no idea what distinguishes a "cheap" one from an expensive one, except maybe size and level of detail. there don't appear to be any makers' marks. there are other motifs, people, animals, country scenes.
i'm retired. what's your excuse?

Re: chinese carved soapstone bud vases.

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i suspect that some of you must think it's silly for a grown (notice, i never said "mature") man to like this sort of thing, but in their way they are works of (granted, commercial) art, much like the scallop on the nose of a 1911 slide or the blocky function-over-form aesthetic of an AK. no matter how important function was to a guy like browning or garand or kalashnikov, at some point in the process the man had a vision and it included an unnecessary subtle curve here, a little smoothing-out there, because it just looked or felt more right.
i'm retired. what's your excuse?

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