Asian Art II - 21st May 2025
Lot 804
TWO CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEALS
Estimate £300 - £500
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Description
TWO CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEALS
QING DYNASTY
9.5cm and 5.5cm. (2)
From an English private collection, acquired in the 1950s and 1960s.
The larger of square-section, the seal face with a four-character mark of Guan Yu zhi yin, surmounted by a Buddhist lion with her cubs; the other decorated with two writhing mythical beasts to the upper section, signed Boyu, the seal face with an illegible three-character mark.