A SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' SEAL

Lot 934
24.09.2020 09:30UTC -05:00
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Lot 934 | A SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' SEAL
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$ 30 000 – 50 000
A SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' SEAL

CHINA, QING DYNASTY, DATED 3RD YEAR OF THE GUANGXU REIGN, CORRESPONDING TO 1878

The top carved with adorsed, crouching dragons flanked on either side by incised inscriptions, Guangxu san'nian zao (made in the third year of the Guangxu reign) and zhuchi Xianding li (established by abbot Xianding), the underside with a lengthy inscription in seal script, Jiangning fudu Chenghuang zhi yin (The seal of Chenghuang in the Capital of Jiangning) in both Chinese and Manchu, and one side with a further inscription, Puren Juntong Ye Wenquan kan (carved by Ye Wenquan of Pu region)

4 in. (10.1 cm.) wide

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