Four Chinese Soapstone Seals
Auction Date: August 10, 2019
Estimate: Estimate: $400 - $600
This item has been sold.
Lot: 459
The first is a rectangular seal of ivory color surmounted by avian form, incised landscape on one side with inscriptions on the other three sides, carved characters on bottom second of dark yellow and red hues, inscriptions on all four sides, band with incised rope near top, carved Shou characters on top the third is a tall rectangular shaft incised with a mountain landscape, inscribed with a colophon, executed from a mottled grey stone with red inclusions the last is a mottled grey-white boulder seal featuring a scholar seated under a pine, reversed by a seven character couplet and incised Yuanbai shanren ke.
Tallest: 3 inches (7.6 cm).
Chip.