A CHINESE HORN SEAL CARVED AS A DOG PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY The dog depicted seated on its haunches...

A CHINESE HORN SEAL CARVED AS A DOG

PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY

The dog depicted seated on its haunches upon an oval base, the underside carved with a mark and with a label reading 'N1030', the horn with a highly polished surface, together with a model of a tianlu crouching with its wings tucked at its sides, 4.2cm and 6cm. (2)

Provenance: the seal formerly from the collection of Sylvain Buzaglo, a businessman based in Amsterdam who travelled throughout Asia from the mid 1950s; and then sold at Bonhams London, 17th May 2012, lot 211. A copy of the invoice is available.