Lot Essay
The two carved characters, Cang Men, can be identified as the carver Dong Cangmen who was known to have been active in the Kangxi period. Works that bear the signature of Dong Cangmen are extremely rare. Compare to a tianhuang seal with a similarly carved signature of Cangman in private collection is illustrated by Akashi Shunpo, Dennou Juzanseki, Tokyo, 1995, p. 72.