A Chinese brown and creamy jade square seal

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A Chinese brown and creamy jade square seal
surmounted by a tortoise -- 1.in (3.8cm), (chip to head); a creamy jade seal carved with another tortoise -- 1.in (3.8cm) wide; a calcified circular jade seal carved with another tortoise -- 1.in (3.2cm) diam; a dark grey jade square seal; a grey jade seal carved with dragons -- 2.in (5.1cm) wide; a grey jade brushrest in the form of a mountain range -- 2.in (7cm) wide; a pale celadon jade group of a boy clambering on the back of a recumbent tethered buffalo -- 2.in (6.4cm) wide; two white jade feline groups, one with a cub and the other with ruyi sprays -- 1.in (3.8cm) wide; a mottled celadon jade carving of a boy on a large jar -- 1.in (3.8cm) high; a white jade plaque carved with two bats around a coin -- 1.in (4.5cm) wide; a pale celadon jade model of a crane pomegranates -- 3.in (7.6cm) long; eight white, celadon and grey jade models of crabes with flowers -- 2.in (5.7cm) long max; a russet jade model of a buffalo -- 2.in (5.1cm) wide; a celadon jade model of a cat; a creamy jade seal with a tortoise; and two celadon jade rectangular seals, 17th to 19th Century, some with wood stands.
See Colour Plate 39 and 40. (25)

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