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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR AND MRS GERARD 約1648年 西藏象牙蹲獸鈕滿藏文「饒絳巴」印 連銅座
HAWTHORN
AN IVORY SEAL OF THE FIFTH DALAI LAMA
TIBET, CIRCA 1648

of rectangular section, surmounted by a recumbent mythical
beast resting on the entirety of the seal top, the body well
carved with rounded shoulders and haunches, the horned
beast further rendered with an elongated equine head with a
slightly upturned snout, the seal face carved with a Tibetan
inscription translating to “Seal of rab ’byams pa [degree from]
Gomang [granted by] the Dalai Lama”, fitted with a rectangular
bronze stand cast with the same inscription
seal 4.3 cm, 1⅝ in.
stand 4.7 cm, 1⅞ in.
HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200

Mark

204 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比