A finely worked white jade seal. Qing dynasty - image-1
A finely worked white jade seal. Qing dynasty - image-2
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Lot 140 Dα

A finely worked white jade seal. Qing dynasty

Auction 1080 - overview Cologne
08.12.2016, 11:00 - Asian Art - Tibet/Nepal incl. Strebel Coll, Chinese Decorative Arts
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 9.300 € (incl. premium)
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A finely worked white jade seal. Qing dynasty

A finely worked white jade oval seal topped with an archaic dragon curled around the seal handle, a branch in its mouth. A further dragon down one side resembling a belt hook. Seal: wei bu jing (do not be disrespectful). An orange inclusion in the stone. Qing dynasty.
Height 4.1 cm; length 3.5 cm

清 白玉螭龍鈕章 篆书《無不敬》
來源：慕尼黑私人收藏
可比：A. Forsyth著，Jades from China (中國玉器)，The Museum of East Asian Art (英國巴斯的東亞藝術博物館)，巴斯 1994年，圖版第298號

Provenance

Private collection, Munich

Literature

Compare: A. Forsyth, Jades from China, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath 1994, fig. 298