J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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A SMALL SQUARE JADE SEAL
Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 220)
with plain sides canted in to a platform top surmounted by a short square tab pierced with twin channels, the flat base incised with two characters in ‘bird and worm’ seal script, the opaque pale tan jade with softly polished surface.
Width 1⁄2 inches (1.3 cm)
The seal may be read as man he 蠻禾
Compare the jade seal of similar form and size with two characters in fancy calligraphy incised on the base unearthed in 2006 from the burial site of Han Emperor Liu Qi (d. 153 B.C.) illustrated by Liu in Shaanxi chutu Han dai yuqi (Han Dynasty Jades Unearthed in Shaanxi), Beijing, 2009, p. 62, no. 4.
漢 「蠻禾」 覆斗鈕玉印 寬 1.3 厘米
