Carved Chinese Soapstone Immortal Seal with Stand

click the photo to enlarge

Chinese carved soapstone seal, in the form of immortal seated by rocky outcrop with bottle, incised mark to back and seal to base, in tones of orange and brown, with wooden stand, height 8.5 cm (without stand)

You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.

Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item

When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

This item has been sold, and the description, image and price are for reference purposes only.

Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.

This item has been included into following indexes:

Visually similar items

Finely carved Chinese ivory fan the sticks carved with figures in a landscape, together with 2 smaller ivory examples (faults)

Sold by in for

You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

An Australian cedar chiffonier, late 19th century. 156 cm high, 122 cm wide, 59 cm deep

Sold by in for

You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

Two Tekno (Denmark) military models, including 814 KP Jeep with cannon and ammunition car with driver; and 949 wagon with rockets (E-M boxes P-G) (2)

Sold by in for

You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

Victorian brass bound specimen box / chest with multiple layers of specimen trays 43 cm high, 58.5 cm long, 40 cm deep

Sold by in for

You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.