LATE QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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A SMALL AMETHYST SEAL
LATE QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The cylindrical seal is surmounted by a carved and undercut seated qilin with its tail tucked next to its hind legs. The details of the mane and hair are finely incised. The seal face is carved with two seal characters reading 'shui qing'. The stone is of an even, translucent, purple tone.
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The seal inscription shui qing is recorded as one of the seals used by the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908). An imprint of this seal is recorded in Gugong Bowuyuan cang Qingdai Dihou Xiyin Pu, Beijing, 2013, p. 40.

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