Lot Essay
Zheng Cai (1605-1659) was a pirate and a general of during the transitional period in the seventeenth century.
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CHINE, XVIIEME SIECLE
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CACHET EN BRONZE
CHINE, XVIIEME SIECLE
The rectangular seal is surmounted by a finely cast large Buddhist lion. The base is surrounded by a stylized flower band, and the seal face has a four-character inscription reading Zheng Cai zhiyin, 'the seal of Zheng Cai'.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
CHINE, XVIIEME SIECLE
The rectangular seal is surmounted by a finely cast large Buddhist lion. The base is surrounded by a stylized flower band, and the seal face has a four-character inscription reading Zheng Cai zhiyin, 'the seal of Zheng Cai'.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
Provenance
From a European private collection, acquired between the 1960s and the 1990s in the European art market, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Further details
A BRONZE 'LION' SEAL
CHINA, 17TH CENTURY
CHINA, 17TH CENTURY
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Fiona Braslau