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A rare Chinese bronze seal in the form of a Buddhist lion, late…
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Sydney
Date:
12-Dec-2016
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A rare Chinese bronze seal in the form of a Buddhist lion, late Ming -early Qing Dynasty, 17th century, very well cast with head twisted, the long main flowing over his flank, playing with a brocade ball while seated on a pierced square base, the gilt face carved with eight characters, inscribed in two scripts 'Jun Zi Dao Zhang, Qi Xuan Yuan Ji, together with a hardwood cigar box with the monogram 'The Queens' (regiment) upon which the seal was originally mounted, 5.8 cm high (seal), 8 cm high, 23.4 cm wide and 13.3 cm deep (box). Provenance: The Dick and Lillian diamond Collection, passed down by descent from a relative who served in the British navy around the time of the boxer Rebellion. The diamonds also served in the diplomatic corps in Peking in the early 1950s
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Unclassified