SEAL
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The column-shaped seal is carved from amethyst quartz. It has a gold base and gold top. On the top sits a rabbit carved in jade with cabochon ruby eyes. His ears are back. Under the base are engraved the initials SE to be used as a seal.
- Object name:
- SEAL
- Made from:
- Amethyst quartz -- jade -- gold -- ruby
- Made in:
- GERMANY
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.19
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM; MARK S E in Latin script in a circle; two illegible marks on base
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973