GROUP OF FIVE CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEALS
£500
Auction: 12 June 2013 at 11:00 BST
Description
comprising a blank brown Shoushan seal carved with a tiger, 18th / 19th century, 4.4cm high; a Shoushan red lotus stone seal with two rams, 5.5cm high; a small mountain seal with a mythical beast, 3.8cm, high; a tall Shoushan seal with blank base with a buffalo and calf, 8.2cm high; and a blank Shoushan soapstone seal with a group of monkeys, 6.5cm high (5)
Footnote
Provenance:
Previously in the collection of Benedict Fontana, Vice-Consul of Switzerland in Hong Kong 1966-1972