A RARE CHINESE GILT BRONZE COURT OFFICIAL'S SEAL

DATED 1749

Incised with seal script and Manchu characters to the top and base with the mark Xing bu shan dong qing shi si yin,li bu zao, the right-hand edge incised with the dated inscription Qian long shi si nian wu yue ri zao (made in the fourteenth year of Qianlong, corresponding to 1749), the left-hand edge incised with the inscription Qian zi yi qian ba bai qi shi er hao (manufactured in the Qian group, no.1872), 7.9cm.

Provenance: from the collection of John Newall Esq.

Cf. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5th November 1996, lot 946; and 7th October 2010, lot 2108; see also an example sold in these Rooms, 19th May 2010, lot 252.