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<p>[QUOTE="Gerri, post: 9902872, member: 88241"]This is the largest of 3 soapstone(?) pieces that have been passed down to me recently.</p><p>They were my grandmother's, so I suspect pretty old. Can see birds and flowers. I read somewhere that the closed vessels in the piece were to hold ink to be dipped into by a brush. Can anyone shed some light on this and help with further identification? I do not know what to do with them.</p><p>Thanks in advance. [ATTACH=full]497537[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]497538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497540[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gerri, post: 9902872, member: 88241"]This is the largest of 3 soapstone(?) pieces that have been passed down to me recently. They were my grandmother's, so I suspect pretty old. Can see birds and flowers. I read somewhere that the closed vessels in the piece were to hold ink to be dipped into by a brush. Can anyone shed some light on this and help with further identification? I do not know what to do with them. Thanks in advance. [ATTACH=full]497537[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]497538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497540[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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