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A gilt-bronze ‘qilin’ seal
Ming Dynasty
The rectangular seal surmounted by a seated qilin
with its head raised, cast on the underside with
eight characters in seal script, reading Anxi jiangjun
sima zhi yin (Seal of General Sima of Anxi).
6.2cm (2½in) high
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$62,000 - 100,000
CNY49,000 - 79,000
明 銅鎏金麒麟鈕印章
Provenance: acquired from Roger Keverne Ltd.,
London, on 9th February 2000
A European private collection
來源：2000年2月9日購於倫敦古董商Roger
Keverne
歐洲私人收藏
The seal reads 安西將軍司馬之印, which may be
translated as ‘Seal of General Sima of Anxi.’
On the side of the seal is also inscribed: 建墨
Jianmo

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A ‘chicken blood’ soapstone ‘Buddhist
lion’ seal
18th century, cyclically dated yihai year (AD1755)
The square seal surmounted by a recumbent
Buddhist lion with its single-horned head turned
to the left, depicted with bulging eyes and a long
stout tail, the side incised with a seal mark jinshi
tongshou and a three-character inscription yihai
nian, the stone of a creamy white tone with mottled
orange-red inclusions.
8.3cm (3 1/3in) high
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$62,000 - 100,000
CNY49,000 - 79,000
十八世紀 雞血壽山石雕獅鈕印章 「乙亥年(1755
年)」款
Provenance: acquired from Roger Keverne Ltd,
London, on 3rd November 1999
A European private collection
來源：1999年11月3日購於倫敦古董商Roger
Keverne
歐洲私人收藏
Jinshi tongshou 金石同壽 ‘means long lives as gold
and stone’, which is a blessing of longevity.

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