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A white jade 'chilong' seal and an archaistic pale green jade disc, bi
18th century

13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A white jade 'chilong' seal and an archaistic pale green jade disc, bi

18th century
The square seal with tapering shoulders rising to the relief-carved coiled chilong dragon, the seal face carved with a 'tun tian zhou' mark, the stone of even white tone, 3.2cm (1¼in) square; together with a pale green jade bi disc, the sides carved with an archaistic foliate scroll, the stone of pale green tone with minor russet and white inclusions, 5.3cm (2⅛in) diam. (2).

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Provenance: an English private collection

The seal is carved with tun tian zhou [...] mark, which may be read as: to station soldiers on borders, making them raise their own food.

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