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A carved Tianhuang seal

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Turquoise Ruyi scepter inlaid with gems

Turquoise Ruyi scepter inlaid with gems
The cloud-shaped head of the ruyi is inlaid with a tourmaline and an eastern pearl and engraved...

Court beads of pearls

Court beads of pearls
The string of court beads contains 108 eastern pearls, with four pearl knots at an equal distance...

A Bronze Bombe Censer

A Bronze Bombe Censer
The body of compressed globular form rising to a rounded rim, the sides crisply cast with a pair...

Weight: 84g
7 * 2.6 * 2.5cm

Seal made from rich and glossy Tianhuang stone, long and rectangular in form, topped with a bestial form, its front legs locked straight, back legs slightly flexed, and back arched. In a powerful pose, hair carved in fine detail. Seal reads "What comes of ambitions without the time to fulfill them" in seal script. Side is labeled Yu Shi.

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