A GROUP OF THREE CHINESE CARVED SOAPSTONE VASES, 20TH CENTURY, one detailed in a red skinned neutral ground stone and modeled in reticulated deep relief as birds foraging amongst blossoming chrysanthemum foliage before a large central vase flanked by two shorter vases, on stylized rockwork ground, height: 9 1/8"; one of bone colored stone and detailed as a quadrangular vase with front side centering a deep relief bird gazing up towards towering chrysanthemum stems, flanked by reticulated lace like trimmed sides, raised on a conforming red stone footed base, height: 8"; a black tinted mustard colored stone vase before a reticulated deep relief setting of birds foraging on stylized rockwork beneath tall Chrysanthemum foliage, height: 7 3/8".