Leilão Bidspirit | Spinach jade seal, ‘Guardian Lion’,

Spinach jade seal, ‘Guardian Lion’, Qing Dynasty - A square seal carved from a block of spinach-green jade of intense colour and lustre. The top features a finely sculpted Buddhist guardian lion on a three-tiered stepped plinth, with its jaws open, its mane curled into spirals and one paw resting on the embossed sphere; the plinth bears an archaic inscription in seal script. Qing Dynasty (1644–1912), or later. Size: 8 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm Weight: 770 g