RARE YIXING SQUARE SEAL WITH TURTLE FINIAL, SIGNED YOU QINQING

Ca. Qing Dynasty, Daoguang period, Ca. AD 1820 - 1850 > A square reddish-brown Yixing purple clay seal with a turtle-form knob, the creature modelled with a rounded body and pronounced shell features. With a nine-character seal reading ting song ge Hainan Zhou shi zhi yin (the seal of Zhou of the 'Listen to the Pine Hall' in Hainan). > Exhibited: Sumptuous Elegance: Art of the 18th Century Qing Dynasty, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17 March-30 June 1992. > Size: 50mm x 40mm; Weight: 140g > Provenance: Prince Collection, 1990s�2014; Ex. John Sparks Ltd., London, 1985. > This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. >

Estimate:£2,000

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