Featured Chinese Soapstone? Monkeys

Hi All,
I wasn't sure where to put this, but you folks are very smart, you know carving, stones etc so I'll put it here.
Small (2" x 1" x 1 1/2"H) carving, China scratched on the base. This is very dusty/dirty.
Is this soapstone? Do you think it has some age?
any information appreciated
thanks for looking

 

Awwww - could be from anywhere!

Mom had one of these soapstone guys - she got them along with perfume from France, a silk scarf from India and a small ebony elephant with tusks, probably also from from India. Even one of these Gravern Norsk bowls, which I still have



Any of it would be 70 years old...

 

These look similar. I do see some groups that are much less in cost. I don’t know how you will determine age.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/617065845/vintage-chinese-hand-carved-soapstone-of

 

thanks scoutshouse, love that bowl!

thanks INH yes, that piece looks similar. I think the price is a 'tad' high on that one
maybe mine was in a very dusty house and not old at all, lol.

 

The both have a lot of random looking drill? holes. I wonder why.

 

Nice piece. I didn't know there's reddish soapstone... I always think of it as having a greenish tone. Learned something new today!

 

Maybe souvenirs of Chinatown. Not high quality carving.

Sort of a Hear no Evil, See no Evil, as only one ear and eye are covered.

 

Haha.....not quite the 'traditional' "monkey no hear-do-see" is it!!! Can they have a soft toothbrush bath??

 

Absolutely.

I use Dawn original. (Blue one)

 

I use the flavored ones....... Quack !!!

 

Might be shaoshan rather than soapstone.

 

To clarify: mom belonged to a club in the 50s and was sent things from around the world...