The Dr Grice Collection Of Chinese Bamboo And Scholars’ Objects - 10th November 2026

Lot 60

THREE CHINESE BAMBOO ROOT SEALS

Estimate £800 - £1,200

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Description

THREE CHINESE BAMBOO ROOT SEALS
QING DYNASTY

Each formed as a curved bamboo root of tapering form and accentuated with burls and apertures, the seal faces carved with two-character inscriptions and signed Shichuan to the sides of the bases, 6.5cm. (3)

Provenance: from the collection of Dr John William Hawksley Grice OBE (1891–1976) and thence by descent.

For a closely related seal also signed Shichuan, formerly in the collection of Mr B S McElney, see Ip Yee and Lawrence C S Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Hong Kong Museum of Art, part I, no. 184. See also another in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no. FE.35-1976.

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來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。