AN IMPERIAL SPINACH JADE SQUARE SEAL

LATE QING DYNASTY

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AN IMPERIAL SPINACH JADE SQUARE SEAL
late qing dynasty
The solid square block carved on top with a large handle formed by a pair of addorsed dragons, their scaly backs with raised central ridges seemingly forming one single body standing on four clawed paws, the heads with ferocious expressions, long whiskers, knobbed horns and flaming mane, the base carved with sealscript characters, the stone of a dark green tone with black flecks and some pale green streaks
5 1/8in. (13cm.) square

Provenance

R & D Ashley Collection

Lot Essay

The seal prints with a wide square border enclosing eight vertical lines of text, half of which consists of Chinese sealscript characters ending in Shengzhuang Huanghou zhi Bao, suggesting that the owner of the seal was an Emperor's Consort; the other half of the text is a translation into Manzhu

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