YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

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A GILT-BRONZE SQUARE SEAL
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The square seal is surmounted by a reverse lotus borne on a scrolling leaf, the finial with a hole for suspension. The seal face is inscribed with Phags-pa script (Mongolian square scripts), which indicates the seal belonged to a consort prince.
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) square and high

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See a similar gilt-bronze seal with a camel finial, dated to 13th century, which belonged to Prince Bailan, in the collection of the Tibet Museum and illustrated in Propitious Clouds Holding Up the Mount Qomolangma- Select Artworks of Tibetan Buddhism, Beijing, 2017, pp.20-21. See another jade seal dated to the Yuan dynasty, the seal face also carved with Phags-pa script, illustrated ibid. p. 18-19.

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