20TH CENTURY, SIGNED CHEN JULAI

Name: A SOAPSTONE OVAL SEAL
Brand: 20TH CENTURY, SIGNED CHEN JULAI
Price: 55000.00 HKD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised HKD 69,300

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HKD 50,000 - HKD 80,000

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A SOAPSTONE OVAL SEAL

20TH CENTURY, SIGNED CHEN JULAI

Price Realised HKD 69,300

The finial is carved in the form of a recumbent lion above a band of keyfrets around the top of the platform, and a signature Julai on the side. The seal face is carved with a four-character inscription Daya junzi ‘Gentleman of virtue and talent.’ The stone is of a creamy-white tone with vermillion mottling.
1³⁄₄ in. (4.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Chen Julai (1904-1984) is a renowned seal carver, calligrapher, painter and poet from Zhejiang.