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LOT 2147
Chinese Columnar Stone Seal with Beast
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (697 grams, 15 cm high).
The cylindrical-bodied soapstone seal engraved with landscape scenes and characters within a roundel, dragon clutching flaming pearl finial carved in the round; seal to base formed as a flower head with central character. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from a UK auction house.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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