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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品
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A RARE SILVER-ALLOY ‘DAOIST’ SEAL
19th century
Of rectangular form, cast as a ferocious four-
legged mythical beast with a curling horn, the
head turned sharply to its left, with protruding eyes
beneath heavy brows, the writhing body flanked
by a pair of wings, the top of the seal cast with an
eight-character inscription in standard script, the
underside seal face cast with a Daoist talisman.
5.3cm (2.4in) high.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 44,000
十九世紀 銀合金瑞獸鈕符咒印
Provenance: an English private collection
(sealface) 來源：英國私人收藏
The seal is inscribed: ‘護身鎮宅 六丁玉女’, which
may be translated as: ‘protecting the body and
house; the Jade Goddess Liu Ding.’
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