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Subject:Help ID old ivory seal
Posted By: Charles Tue, Sep 15, 2015 IP: 80.12.93.231
Hello all,

First, thank you for this forum. Very interseting to read about all your objetcs.
I have an old ivory seal that I know very little about.
Would anyone have information on this object?
Thank you.
Charles





Subject:Re: Help ID old ivory seal
Posted By: rat Wed, Sep 16, 2015
you are holding it upside down in the photo, but your seal is claiming to belong to the Ming Zhengde emperor; it is likely quite recently made.

Subject:Re: Help ID old ivory seal
Posted By: mikeoz Thu, Sep 17, 2015
If any seal carver had presented this for Imperial use they would likely have lost their hands if not their head.

Subject:Re: Help ID old ivory seal
Posted By: Charles Thu, Sep 17, 2015
Thank you for your reply.
Sorry for the picture orientation, rookie mistake :)
Here is the same but smaller and correct one.
My uncle, who used to be a antiquarian in the south of france, mostly specialized in Indian porcelain, gave it to me when I was a kid, around 20y ago.
Thanks,
Charles



Subject:Re: Help ID old ivory seal
Posted By: Charles Fri, Sep 18, 2015
Damn!
Poor seal carver.
Hope he kept both hands and its head then.

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