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A small Chinese soapstone seal, Attributed to Zhou Bin, the…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
26-Nov-2013
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Description:
A small Chinese soapstone seal, Attributed to Zhou Bin, the stone of creamy tone with black and brown inclusions, the finial carved of a squatting dragon, dun long, the side incised with a verse attributed to the dragon and the artist's style-name, the seal script, jinshen, meaning 'prudence', box, 3.5 cm high, Dun long, literally a squatting dragon, a mythical creature originally used to decorate roofs of palaces and temples, imperial chariots, and later also appearing on seals, is a type of dragon that is always depicted as seated, and more often than not, looking up. Shangjun, was the style name of Zhou Bin, a well-known carver during the early Qing Dynasty in southern China whose work included small-sized display pieces for scholar's studio and seal carvings, often of soapstone
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Unclassified