AN IVORY 'DRAGON' SEAL THE SEAL: QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY THE SEAL FACE: QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY of cylindrical form, finely carved in openwork with a crouching dragon coiled around a 'flaming pearl', its broad expressive face detailed with bulging eyes and sharp claws coveting the jewel, the seal face later carved with the trigram qian flanked by a pair of stylised kui dragons forming the traditional pun for Qianlong, the ivory richly patinated to a warm straw tone 4.8 cm., 1 7/8 in.
AN IVORY 'DRAGON' SEAL THE SEAL: QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY THE SEAL FACE: QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY of cylindrical form, finely carved in openwork with a crouching dragon coiled around a 'flaming pearl', its broad expressive face detailed with bulging eyes and sharp claws coveting the jewel, the seal face later carved with the trigram qian flanked by a pair of stylised kui dragons forming the traditional pun for Qianlong, the ivory richly patinated to a warm straw tone 4.8 cm., 1 7/8 in.
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