A RARE SET OF FIVE BAMBOO SEALS IN A FITTED RETICULATED BAMBOO BOX

A RARE SET OF FIVE BAMBOO SEALS IN A FITTED RETICULATED BAMBOO BOX
18TH CENTURY

The set comprises two square and two rectangular uncut seals, and a fifth seal with a two character mark, each surmounted by a different finial including a lotus pod, a finger citron, a peach, a pomegranate and a ruyi, all fitted in a quatrefoil box, the cover of conforming shape is pierced on the top with lotus leaves and the sides with flowers of the four seasons, 6.6cm. (7)

Provenance: from the collection of Dr John William Hawksley Grice OBE (1891–1976) and thence by descent. Formerly on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Grice loan number 77.

For a closely related set of five seals from the Fen Wen Tang Collection, see Christie’s Hong Kong, 3rd June 2015, lot 2803.

十八世紀 竹雕方印及盒
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。本拍品曾於倫敦維多利亞及阿爾伯特博物館展出，編號77。