A CARVED TIANHUANG 'DRAGON' SEAL QING DYNASTY, XIANFENG PERIOD, DATED TO THE TENTH YEAR (1860) of square section, finely carved with a ferocious coiling dragon with alert eyes and well-combed mane, his left paw suspending a string of coins and 'knife money', the adjacent side decorated with a sinuous chilong in low relief, incised in running script on another side with the characters Xianfeng shi nian zhi ('Made in the tenth year of the Xianfeng period', corresponding to 1860), the seal face carved with five characters in seal script Wu meng dao gongming ('Fame is beyond the wildest dreams'), the stone of a golden caramel tone with natural inclusions and characteristic veining 5.8 cm., 2 1/4 in. Weight 112 g.
A CARVED TIANHUANG 'DRAGON' SEAL QING DYNASTY, XIANFENG PERIOD, DATED TO THE TENTH YEAR (1860) of square section, finely carved with a ferocious coiling dragon with alert eyes and well-combed mane, his left paw suspending a string of coins and 'knife money', the adjacent side decorated with a sinuous chilong in low relief, incised in running script on another side with the characters Xianfeng shi nian zhi ('Made in the tenth year of the Xianfeng period', corresponding to 1860), the seal face carved with five characters in seal script Wu meng dao gongming ('Fame is beyond the wildest dreams'), the stone of a golden caramel tone with natural inclusions and characteristic veining 5.8 cm., 2 1/4 in. Weight 112 g.
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