Pair of Grey Stone Carved Chinese Villages

Sculpture

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L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness

Pair of grey stone-carved Shoushan villages.: Image of the set of two grey-green stone carved villages on dark brown stands. The villages are Shoushan-style with trees, people, and Chinese houses.
Pair of grey stone-carved Shoushan villages.

Image of the set of two grey-green stone carved villages on dark brown stands. The villages are Shoushan-style with trees, people, and Chinese houses.

Name/Title

Pair of Grey Stone Carved Chinese Villages

Entry/Object ID

JI2025000388

Description

Pair of grey Shoushan stone-carved villages. The practice of Shoushan stone carving originated in the Fujian Province of East China. The typical stone used is agalmatolite or pagodite, which is very soft and sometimes soapy. The stones have a greyish-green, greyish-yellow color and are also referred to as “soapstone.” The stone is mined in the Shoushan Village in northern Fujian and the use of the medium can be traced as far back as the Southern Dynasties (420-589 CE) and the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE).

Context

The villages were gifted to Mr. and Mrs. Jordan by Chinese workmen who came work at the Kuwait Oil Company during the 1950s.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

China

Continent

Asia

Parts

Count

2

Parts

2 villages