.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A RARE SMALL BAIFURONG SOAPSTONE SQUARE SEAL
MID-LATE 17TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE SMALL BAIFURONG SOAPSTONE SQUARE SEAL
MID-LATE 17TH CENTURY
The top is very finely carved with two pairs of archaistic dragons with angular scroll bodies, one pair facing each other, the other pair addorsed and their tails joined by a loop, the flat design reserved on a slightly recessed, leiwen-carved ground, all above a narrow chevron band incorporating the signature Shangjun in seal script within a cartouche on the front, the luminous stone finely polished and of beige-white colour.
1 in. (2.4 cm.) high, box
MID-LATE 17TH CENTURY
The top is very finely carved with two pairs of archaistic dragons with angular scroll bodies, one pair facing each other, the other pair addorsed and their tails joined by a loop, the flat design reserved on a slightly recessed, leiwen-carved ground, all above a narrow chevron band incorporating the signature Shangjun in seal script within a cartouche on the front, the luminous stone finely polished and of beige-white colour.
1 in. (2.4 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London
The R.H. Blumenfield Collection
Sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1210
The R.H. Blumenfield Collection
Sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1210
Literature
The Literati Mode, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1986, p. 209, no. 85
Brought to you by
Sibley Ngai