Lot Essay
The characters on one seal read, Zhi Ji Jin Du and on the other, Su Qin Wang Bao
For a hardstone prototype refer to the Ming soapstone seal carved with entwined dragons included by Bo Gyllensvärd in the exhibition, Chinese Art from the Collection of H. M. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, The Asia Society, 1966, Catalogue, no. 83
Previously sold in these rooms, December 3, 1992, lot 13
For a hardstone prototype refer to the Ming soapstone seal carved with entwined dragons included by Bo Gyllensvärd in the exhibition, Chinese Art from the Collection of H. M. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, The Asia Society, 1966, Catalogue, no. 83
Previously sold in these rooms, December 3, 1992, lot 13