I-Hsuan Chen
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Lot 33
TWO ARCHAIC JADE SEALS
Warring States period-Han dynasty
20 March 2023, 08:30 EDT
New YorkSold for US$28,050 inc. premium
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TWO ARCHAIC JADE SEALS
Warring States period-Han dynasty
Following the bo bell shape with notched sides, a tab on the top pierced for suspension, the front and back panels incised with hooked patterns and crosshatched lines, the underside carved with two characters typical of the Warring States period, the tan color stone softly polished with light encrustation and pitted areas; the square seal with faceted top edge and knob, carved underneath with one character gong, the celadon jade highly polished with tan 'calcified' areas and light encrustations.
1 x 3/4in (2.5 x 1.9cm);
5/8 x 1/2 x 1/2in (1.6 x 1.3 x 1.3cm) (2).
Following the bo bell shape with notched sides, a tab on the top pierced for suspension, the front and back panels incised with hooked patterns and crosshatched lines, the underside carved with two characters typical of the Warring States period, the tan color stone softly polished with light encrustation and pitted areas; the square seal with faceted top edge and knob, carved underneath with one character gong, the celadon jade highly polished with tan 'calcified' areas and light encrustations.
1 x 3/4in (2.5 x 1.9cm);
5/8 x 1/2 x 1/2in (1.6 x 1.3 x 1.3cm) (2).
Footnotes
戰國-漢 玉印二只
Compare the very similar square jade seal carved with the same character 公 (gong) illustrated by Dohrenwend, Chinese Jades in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1971, p. 88, top. The same seal was previously illustrated by White, Tombs of Old Lo-yang, Shanghai, 1934, pl. CXXXVIII-336.