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<p>[QUOTE="Falworth, post: 4416099, member: 62508"]I haggled for this antique Tibetan seal from a wizened trader in the Barkhor Square in Lhasa, Tibet in the early 1990s. I've been looking everywhere (eBay, Etsy, Worthpoint, Google Images) but can't find another example of any turquoise inlay. I've found seals with an enormous lump of blue turquoise at the top of the seal, but no inlays. </p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone seen anything similar? And does the 4 pointed red star mean anything (Chinese stars typically have 5 points)? </p><p><br /></p><p>It's 6 inches high, 2 inches at the base and weighs 8 oz.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]375868[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]375869[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]375870[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]375871[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]375872[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Falworth, post: 4416099, member: 62508"]I haggled for this antique Tibetan seal from a wizened trader in the Barkhor Square in Lhasa, Tibet in the early 1990s. I've been looking everywhere (eBay, Etsy, Worthpoint, Google Images) but can't find another example of any turquoise inlay. I've found seals with an enormous lump of blue turquoise at the top of the seal, but no inlays. Has anyone seen anything similar? And does the 4 pointed red star mean anything (Chinese stars typically have 5 points)? It's 6 inches high, 2 inches at the base and weighs 8 oz. [ATTACH=full]375868[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]375869[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]375870[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]375871[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]375872[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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