Late Qing/Republic periodThe first a garment buckle comprised of two fitted halves reticulatedin thin ovoid section in motifs of figures and scroll work, of calcifiedmottled oatmeal tinged in yellowish hue; the second thinly reticulatedin circular section to depict perhaps the Hehe twins, the stonebuff gray color striated in thin veins of darker brown; the third ofrectangular shape consisting of a leaf carved in raised relief withthe character xi and prunus blossoms surrounded by reticulatedbats, the stone of gray hue tinged in darker russet around theperiphery; the third of thin circular section reticulated to depict achime surrounded by vines and zoomorphic motifs of calcified buffcolor with large patches of burnt umber and striated in thin veins ofgray; the fifth of thinly sectioned prolate spheroid shape reticulated todepict a chime and a bat, mostly grayish white with a patch of russetinclusions.3 1/4in (8.2cm) length of fifth and largest