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Subject:Possibly imperial seal estimated at $1500 - $2500.
Posted By: Corey Tue, Apr 11, 2017 IP: 193.169.154.224 Have you seen this one? |
Subject:Re: Possibly imperial seal estimated at $1500 - $2500.
Posted By: Corey Wed, Apr 12, 2017 Also came across this one yesterday evening while researching imperial seals on the internet. Dated to the 20th century with a us$20-40K estimate at iGAVEL AUCTIONS: |
Subject:Re: Possibly imperial seal estimated at $1500 - $2500.
Posted By: Corey Mon, Apr 17, 2017 Lot sold! It went for almost $12000 including buyers premium. That is a very nice price for a possibly imperial treasure potentially worth millions of dollars. The carving style matches perfectly and I have found all the seal script characters except one to be similar to those of imperial seals. It wouldn't surprise me if this seal turns up on for sale in one of the major auction houses within a few years. |
Subject:Re: Possibly imperial seal estimated at $1500 - $2500.
Posted By: Corey Thu, Apr 20, 2017 And another example of a jade seal "loosely" dated to the Qing dynasty", and with a relatively low estimate at $20-50K, but sold for $3,5M at Freeman's in 2011: |
Subject:Re: Possibly imperial seal estimated at $1500 - $2500.
Posted By: Corey Mon, Jul 31, 2017 At last I came across two imperial seals with similar scripts. One with a script that is close to identical. The knob and the material is different however, so it's not a matching pair: |
Subject:Re: Possibly imperial seal estimated at $1500 - $2500.
Posted By: Corey Tue, Aug 15, 2017 Found two more examples of seals with the 古稀天子之寶 script, which translates to 'Ancient Treasures Of The Emperor': |
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