Asian Art I - 16th May 2017
Lot 21
λ A RARE CHINESE IVORY MINIATURE SEAL LATE MING DYNASTY Intricately carved with a scholar seated...
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
λ A RARE CHINESE IVORY MINIATURE SEAL
LATE MING DYNASTY
Intricately carved with a scholar seated beside a table reading a book and stroking his beard, raised on a tall rectangular plinth with an uncut seal face beneath, 4.9cm.
Cf. Chinese Ivories from the Kwan Collection, p.196, no.18 for a closely related seal.