Lot 201

CHINESE SHOUSHAN SOAPSTONE SEAL
18TH / 19TH CENTURY




Auction: 12 June 2013 at 11:00 BST
£375
Description
in the form of a bixie with cub, the seal reads 'This is where the busy man finds pleasure', 7.8cm high; together with a CHINESE QINGTIAN SOAPSTONE SEAL, 18th / 19th century, the knob carved with rams, the base uncarved, 7.5cm high (2)
Footnote
Provenance:
Previously in the collection of Benedict Fontana, Vice-Consul of Switzerland in Hong Kong 1966-1972



