19c Chinese SOAPSTONE DOUBLE SEAL

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Unusual 19th century small Chinese soapstone double seal of square section, one with sunken, the other with raised characters. First catalogue photo includes images of both printing surfaces flipped left to right to show what the imprint of the seals will look like. Inscribed with 2 characters on the side. Nice buff colored stone, crisp carving of the characters, old traces of red seal paste in the grooves of the characters. Overall in excellent condition, very nice scholar’s object. Length 7/8 inches.

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19c Chinese SOAPSTONE DOUBLE SEAL

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