CHINESE CELADON JADE WITH RUSSET SKIN 'TURTLE' SEAL
ATTRIBUTED TO WEN PENG (1498-1573), MING DYNASTY
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
明 文彭款 青玉龜鈕章
款識: 嘉靖丁未仲秋篆 文彭
carved with a turtle as finial on a square podium, one side engraved ‘Jia Jing Ding Wei Zhong Qiu Zhuan’ (carved in the Mid Autumn in the year of Ding Wei in Jiajing reign, corresponding to 1567AD), signed ‘Wen Peng’
Dimensions
3.3cm high
Footnote
A set of eleven seals, attributed to Wen Peng, contained in a Ming dynasty, carved-red lacquer box with bird-and-peony box with cover, previously in the Qing Court collection, are now in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum number: Gu Za 故雜 3497 to 3507.
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價