Petit cachet en stéatite Chine, dynastie Qing, XIXE siècle, daté 1864

à décor finement sculpté en relief d'un dragon archaïsant de profil, la base portant une inscription à trois caractères Yi Ya Tang, 'le hall de l'infusion de l'élégance', un des côtés incisé d'une inscription datant le cachet de l'automne de la "Tongzhi jiazi nian', correspondant à 1864 et précisant qu'il aurait appartenu à Wu Wenzhu

The four upper corners are slightly chipped ; some very light fritting to the rim ; the actual color is more brown, less orange, than the catalogue illustration would suggest.
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