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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:30 AM EDT

Lot 234

AN IMPO RTANT AND RARE IMPE RIAL WHITE AND BEIGE JADE 'CHILONG' SEAL, QING DYNASTY,
DAOGUANG PE RIOD
Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 USD

AN IMPORTANT AND RARE IMPERIAL WHITE AND BEIGE JADE 'CHILONG' SEAL
QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG PERIOD
清道光 白玉雕螭龍鈕方璽

of square section, surmounted by a single-horned dragon crouching on four-clawed feet with its head facing forward, detailed
with a pointy beard and protruding eyes above a slightly upturned snout, its long mane trailing over its compressed body with
a bifurcated tail curling under its left rear leg, the seal face carved in baiwen style with four characters reading Shendetang bao
(treasure of Shendetang), the softly polished stone with specks of brown inclusions

Height 2⅜ in., 5.9 cm; Width 1⅛ in., 3 cm; Depth 1⅛ in., 3 cm

璽文：
慎德堂寶

Provenance
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

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