Chinese seal, with a finial in the form of a winged unicorn

An image of Soapstone seal, with a finial in the form of a winged unicorn, carved with the characters Dan yu (pale moon). Possibly an 'art name' seal of a painter or calligrapher. Height 7 cm, width 2.7 cm, 1800-1899. Chinese.

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Soapstone seal, with a finial in the form of a winged unicorn, carved with the characters Dan yu (pale moon). Possibly an 'art name' seal of a painter or calligrapher. Height 7 cm, width 2.7 cm, 1800-1899. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.7-1982
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 683 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 440.44kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2008:05:22 22:46:57

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19th Century carved Chinese finial Fitz_AA mythical mythology seal soapstone unicorn winged wings

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