.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
Details
A SET OF TWO GILT-BRONZE 'NESTING' TORTOISE SEALS
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
Each square seal is surmounted by a tortoise, the smaller seal fitting into an opening in one side of the larger seal. The two are decorated on the sides with two tigers, a phoenix and a humanoid figure. A three-character seal, probably reading Cen Fulang, is cast on the bottom of the larger seal.
7/8 in. (2.3 cm.) square, cloth box
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
Each square seal is surmounted by a tortoise, the smaller seal fitting into an opening in one side of the larger seal. The two are decorated on the sides with two tigers, a phoenix and a humanoid figure. A three-character seal, probably reading Cen Fulang, is cast on the bottom of the larger seal.
7/8 in. (2.3 cm.) square, cloth box
Provenance
Yusen Shen, New York, 14 November 1952.
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.
Brought to you by
Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist