A SOAPSTONE SEAL QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY SIGNED SHANGJUN |

of rectangular form, finely carved to the top with a foreigner resting on a patterned cloth atop a recumbent elephant with its head turned to the right, all above a narrow band of confronting archaistic dragons against a ground of chevrons, the seal face carved in baiwen style with fourteen characters reading feiwei wuyi zhishi you anneng yue youya zhisheng (without the leisure pursuits, how can one enjoy life), the stone of a soft caramel-yellow color accentuated with specks of cinnabar