Measurements: Height: 5 1/8" Width: 3 1/8" Depth: 3 1/8"

Stunning Chinese Qing Dynasty Gilt Bronze seal with turtle dragon and Fu Dog handgrip, lined with raised embellishments. A cuboid slab of rich quality, with a fair amount of heft. Crisp even sides etched into the perimeter with well-defined ornamentation of ruyi cloud form and the center body decorated with enormous front facing imperial five-claws dragons standing between under-glazed fumes clouds and flames above wavy Lishui water. The Dogs are an important motif in Chinese mythology. These motifs include a particular dog which accompanies a hero, the dog as one of the twelve totem creatures for which years are named, a dog giving first provision of grain which allowed current agriculture, and claims of having a magical dog as an original ancestor in the case of certain ethnic groups. The cuboid chop seal carved with six seal script characters.

Over all in EXCELLENT condition. Traced numerous tiny-holes of corrosions on enamel filling, No missing wires found on cloisonne works. With normal anomalies in nature, sign of stressed surface, minor scratch & dents, and trace of declined on gilt; Normal, consider ages and wear.
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