A VERY FINELY CARVED SOAPSTONE SEAL 18TH CENTURY The square seal in irregular columnar form, carved in the round with three figures seated in a boat with a fourth steering a paddle in a turbulent stream beside a tall rocky cliff detailed with a cascading waterfall and interspersed with pine trees, all under swirling clouds; the broad cliff facing incised with text from 'Latter Ode on a Red Cliff', the base carved with seal scripts in four vertical lines 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) high
A VERY FINELY CARVED SOAPSTONE SEAL 18TH CENTURY The square seal in irregular columnar form, carved in the round with three figures seated in a boat with a fourth steering a paddle in a turbulent stream beside a tall rocky cliff detailed with a cascading waterfall and interspersed with pine trees, all under swirling clouds; the broad cliff facing incised with text from 'Latter Ode on a Red Cliff', the base carved with seal scripts in four vertical lines 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) high
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