A CARVED CELADON JADE TORTOISE SEAL QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENT...

A CARVED CELADON JADE TORTOISE SEAL QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 黄褐玉龟纽印 清 十九世纪 the stained jade seal carved with a tortoise finial, inscribed “Si Tu Yin” 司徒印 3.5cm wide PROVENANCE: From the Ian Rutherford Collection of Chinese Jade Animals. Acquired from Frank Ormond, July 1991 NOTE: For comparative examples, see the following references: Angus Forsyth, Brian McElney, ‘Jades from China’, Bath, 1994, No. 159 Brian Morgan, ‘Naturalism & Archaism Jades from the Kirknorton Collection’, London, 1995, No. 18

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