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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION | 瓊肯珍藏重要中國藝術
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A SET OF TWO GILT-BRONZE 'NESTING'
TORTOISE SEALS
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
Each square seal is surmounted by a tortoise, the smaller seal fitting
into an opening in one side of the larger seal. The two are decorated on
the sides with two tigers, a phoenix and a humanoid figure. A three-
character seal, probably reading Cen Fulang, is cast on the
bottom of the larger seal.
7/8 in. (2.3 cm.) square, cloth box
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
Yusen Shen, New York, 14 November 1952.
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.
漢 龜鈕套印一組兩枚
來源:
Yusen Shen，紐約，1952年11月14日。
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。
(seal impression)
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