Lot 118
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SOAPSTONE 'CHI DRAGON' SEAL
19TH-20TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 640
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Description
十九到二十世紀 壽山石雕‘德日新’三螭鈕章
of ovoid form with the finial carved in openwork and high relief with a mother chi dragon playfully nipping at the haunches of her two wrestling cubs atop an oval seal, the seal read 'De Ri Xin ('Virtue renewed every day') ' encircled with a pair of sinuous chi dragons, the stone of uneven creamy white and yellowish skin colour
Dimensions
7.2cm high
Footnote
Provenance: private European collection