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Chinese Soapstone Stone Seal, Yi-xin

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Chinese Manchu soapstone seal, of upright rectangular section with a rounded 'peak' top and one side incised in Chinese 'gong qin wang Yi-xin' (=Prince Yi-xin; 1833-1898), and dated Guangxu 24th year (=1898), the opposing side with two lines of Manchu, the base with four Chinese characters reading 'liu zi zi wang', the stone reminiscent of tian-huang (minor scratches), 3.25''h Provenance: Estate of Diana Engstrom, Northern California and Sweden.

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