Cranes and pine trees

Here is a shaoshan stone carving of white cranes and pine trees. This is a popular theme as cranes and pine trees are symbols artists use to denote longevity.

An interesting about this carving is that the white cranes with red heads and the grey pine trees are all coming from the same piece of stone. The stone craving artist intelligently make use of different colours on the stone to come out with this theme of White cranes and pine trees. Any artifacts thaving a theme of longevity are popular among collectors.

White cranes and pine trees