ID 493116
Lot 612 | A SET OF TWO GILT-BRONZE 'NESTING' TORTOISE SEALS
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
Each square seal is surmounted by a tortoise, the smaller seal fitting into an opening in one side of the larger seal. The two are decorated on the sides with two tigers, a phoenix and a humanoid figure. A three-character seal, probably reading Cen Fulang, is cast on the bottom of the larger seal.
7/8 in. (2.3 cm.) square, cloth box
| Historical era: | Antique period |
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