Russian nephrite desk seal

Massive nephrite desk seal of a priest, circa 1870. Height 3 1/8 in. (8 cm).

$1,800.00

Russian nephrite desk seal c.1870

Carved from a single piece of nephrite. Styled as a fluted classical column.

Engraved with initials H. I. A in Old Slavonic script beneath the All-Seeing Eye of God. A priest's cross on chain and a Crimean cross for the Eastern war of 1853-1856 on the ribbon of the order of St Vladimir, are in the lower part of the seal.

Condition: a small rim chip.

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