Jade and stone
Stone valued for its nature and its knife marks rather than painted decoration. Seals, hand pieces and scholar's objects are small, dense and hard to break: they travel well and can be signed or cut to a collector's name.
In preparation · Shoushan village, Jin'an district, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
The craft
Seal carving, shallow thin-relief (boyi) carving, beast-knob seals and scholar's objects.
The line under assessment is Shoushan stone, worked by Fuzhou carvers and graded by pit: Furong, Gaoshan, Duling, Qijiang and Tianhuang. The official heritage project name and level have not been verified for a specific workshop, so no heritage listing is claimed here.
Maker series: Maker selection in progress.
What the work is about
Stone is judged by pit, texture, colour and cut. A seal is small and dense: its value sits in the carver's hand rather than its weight, and it survives a journey that a porcelain plaque would not.
Authenticity is the decisive risk. Dyed Laos and Balin stone are routinely sold as Tianhuang or Furong, and an overseas buyer cannot tell them apart in a photograph. Trust has to be built before any piece is offered: one authoritative appraisal certificate per piece, its number shown on the page, and a documented legal stone source.
Tianhuang is an investment-grade stone, not a shop item. It is documented here as a reference point only and is excluded from this line. The category stays in preparation, publishing what would have to be true before a piece could appear.
In preparation · no pieces listed
We do not list objects we cannot show
This category is being assessed against the same 7-dimension model used for the porcelain line. A named maker, real object photography, measured dimensions and the documents below come before any listing.
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Representative forms (illustrated preview)
These six forms come from our category research file. They show the range of the craft, not objects we hold.
All six images are AI reconstructions generated from the craft and form characteristics of each type. They are NOT photographs of real objects, do not represent any item for sale, and are not a basis for pricing.
No prices are published for this category. Final forms and prices depend on signed maker supply agreements, verified material reports and real object photography.
AI reconstructionFurong stone seal
Furong pit, Fuzhou. A square seal in pale, translucent stone with a plain or lightly carved knob.
AI reconstructionTianhuang display carving
Investment-grade Tianhuang. Documented as a reference point and excluded from this line.
AI reconstructionGaoshan hand piece
Multi-colour Gaoshan stone, a palm-sized carving that follows the natural colour of the block.
AI reconstructionThin-relief seal
Boyi shallow relief: landscape or birds cut into the stone face as if with a brush.
AI reconstructionBeast-knob seal
A seal topped by a carved auspicious beast; stone quality and knob work carry the value together.
AI reconstructionScholar's object
Brush pot, water vessel or mountain-form stand for a scholar's desk.
Material and compliance limits
Shoushan stone is frequently imitated by dyed Laos or Balin stone. Any piece listed here would need one authoritative appraisal certificate with its number shown, plus a documented legal stone source. Tianhuang, an investment-grade stone, is not offered.
Source: illustrated category research reports, November 2026. Internal research, not an offer to sell.
Admission criteria
What has to be true before a piece from this category can appear here.
- One authoritative appraisal certificate per piece, with the certificate number shown on the page
- A named living carver, direct supply from a Fuzhou workshop and a signature attributable to that carver
- Pit and stone origin declared on the page; customs declaration as mineral / hand-carved object, never misdescribed
- Made to order, so no stock is held and no piece is duplicated
- Tianhuang and other investment-grade stones are excluded; no dyed or substituted stone is offered
Evidence on hand
Stated as fact only where a document or a photograph can be shown.
- No pieces are listed. No appraisal certificate or stone-source document has been published for this category yet. The research file dated 2026-11-12 records six representative forms and four-channel price sampling; those are internal research, not offers.
Guide prices, planned price bands, category scores and internal cost data are not published. The compliance limits stated here come from dated research files and describe conditions for a future listing - not a claim that any piece has passed them.