A GROUP OF BRONZE WEIGHTS AND SEALS


Ming and Qing dynastiesThe weights including a recumbent lion; the second a foreign groom climbing onto a recumbent lion; the third a bird perched on a recumbent canine; the fourth of Laozi riding a water buffalo; one seal of square section without inscription and fu-lion finial; and a compound seal formed as a tortoise, the outer seal with two characters below a reticulated carapace, the inner seal of four characters below the reticulated head and body. [6]2 3/4in (7cm) length of largest weight1 3/16in (3cm) height of single seal
|Provenance of the compound seal Fulika Antiques and Collectibles, Hong Kong, 5 February 1996