Description:
A FINE SOAPSTONE SEAL, QING DYNASTY
China, 18th – 19th century. Finely carved to depict a recumbent Buddhist lion with bulging eyes and flaring nostrils, the details of spine, mane, tail and beard neatly incised. The stone of deep golden-brown color with cinnabar veins. The seal reading Fushi zijian.
Provenance: French private collection.
Condition: Fine condition with old wear, traces of use and some minor surface scratches. Remnants of red seal paste.
Weight: 86.2 grams
Dimensions: 39 x 32 x 32 mm
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related seal at Sotheby’s London on May 14th, 2014, in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, lot 265.
清代皂石雕印章
中國,十八世紀至十九世紀。精心雕刻一隻卧佛狮,細節生動。皂石呈金褐色,局部朱紅色肌理。印章面刻有“佛時仔肩”。
來源:法國私人收藏
品相:良好品相,舊時磨損,使用痕跡,表面一些輕微劃痕,印章面仍有紅色印泥餘留。
重量:86.2 克
尺寸:39 x 32 x 32 毫米