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LOT 2321
Chinese Soap Stone Chop Seal Collection with Animals
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (377 grams total, 79 mm each).
Group of seal blanks, each square in section with carved animal at the top: wolf, goat, and others; unused. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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