Emporium Hamburg
Auction 81-83 23-26 Oct 2018
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A unique and important imperial dark-green jade Ch'ien Long (Qianlong) seal accompanying by a beautifully decorated wooden box
Of square form, crowned with two superbly carved intertwined lion figures, back to back. A yellow silk string through the middle. The sides of the seal incised with four different types of text; Archaic, decorative, Mongolian and Manchu. With a small carving of Emperor Ch'ien Long's seal. A large seal of Emperor Ch'ien Long carved on the underside. Accompanied by a carved wooden box Square-shaped with a flat base for the Imperial Ch'in Long seal. The cover, slightly smaller to it the base, is elegantly carved on the top.
Dimensions: 10cm x 10cm. Box: Dimensions: 14cm x 15cm
Style of: Qing, Ch'ien Lung (Qianlong) (1736 – 1795), age determination uncertain
Similar seal: Cat. Christies London 16th April 1985, lot 417, 421, 427. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/inscriptions-history-as-art-n09337/lot.127.html.
Of square form, crowned with two superbly carved intertwined lion figures, back to back. A yellow silk string through the middle. The sides of the seal incised with four different types of text; Archaic, decorative, Mongolian and Manchu. With a small carving of Emperor Ch'ien Long's seal. A large seal of Emperor Ch'ien Long carved on the underside. Accompanied by a carved wooden box Square-shaped with a flat base for the Imperial Ch'in Long seal. The cover, slightly smaller to it the base, is elegantly carved on the top.
Dimensions: 10cm x 10cm. Box: Dimensions: 14cm x 15cm
Style of: Qing, Ch'ien Lung (Qianlong) (1736 – 1795), age determination uncertain
Similar seal: Cat. Christies London 16th April 1985, lot 417, 421, 427. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/inscriptions-history-as-art-n09337/lot.127.html.