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A soapstone elephant seal, Qing Dynasty, 19thCENTURY, the…
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Melbourne
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25-Oct-2011
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A soapstone elephant seal, Qing Dynasty, 19thCENTURY, the recumbent animal with head turned to the side, the coiled trunk carved from reddish markings in the otherwise pale stone, signed on the reverse Liu Ren Ke (carved by Liu Ren), the seal reads bu jiao yiri xianguo (don't let a single day pass by) (without reading, working) 5.5 cm
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