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Collection of Thirty Chinese Seals

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Date

18th-19th century

GUSN

GUSN-174084

Description

Thirty Chinese carved seals in a Humphreys' homeopathic remedy box.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chops (printers' marks)
stone (rock)
carving (processes)
Seal

Associated Person

Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997

Additional Identification Number

8.17
EQ36

People and Organizations

Metropolitan Moving & Storage

Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

China

Credit Line

Estate of Edmund Quincy

Accession Number

2009.5.17

Places

China¯ (Okinawa-jima, Okinawa-shoto¯, Okinawa prefecture, Ryukyu region, Japan)

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