No reserve price! Large carved rectangular green Chinese Seal with Pixiu -China- Qing period On offer is a fine quality large green semi-translucent Chinese natural stone Seal. It has a finely carved pixiu on top. One side of the seal is engraved with Chinese characters. The face of the seal is carved in high quality with 4 stylized Chinese characters. Provenance: closed private collection. During the coming period, we will offer several pieces at a time. Please use your knowledge and judge for yourself, we offer it without reserve price. Don't miss this opportunity! Good luck bidding! Origin: Recently, we had the privilege of acquiring a richly varied collection of old/antique Chinese stone seals. These remarkable seals have been brought together over many years by a private collector. They consist of good quality authentic Chinese seals made from various colored mineral stones, including possibly shoushan stone (larderite). The dating varies; but they are all from the Qing period to the 20th century. Carved by: Sun Xingyan (1753- 1818) in Beijing. Dated: 1774, December. About: Sun Xingyan (1753-1818), courtesy name Boyuan, also known as Yuanru, and pseudonym Jishu, was a native of Yanghu County (now part of Changzhou city, Jiangsu province). He was a famous Qing dynasty (Confusian) scholar, calligrapher, historian, textual researcher and epigrapher. Size: Measures 80 mm * 36 mm * 33 mm. Weight: 129,6 gram. Condition: Excellent, typical age related wear from use. No damage! Will be packed very well and shipped with registered track/trace with insurance. Combined shipping offered!