A RARE BRONZE 'TORTOISE' SEAL Wu shan taishou seal mark, Northern Wei Dynasty The seal heavily cast as a tortoise set on a square base, incised four-character seal mark, 3.2cm (1 1/4in) high; together with a rare bronze pendant, circa 6th century AD, cast as a toad perched on the back of a recumbent bixie, 4cm (1 1/2in) long. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 北魏 銅龜鈕印 及 約六世紀 銅辟邪 各一 Published, Illustrated, and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2005, no.9 (tortoise seal) 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2005年，編號9（銅龜鈕印） The seal face reads Wu shan taishou or 'Governor of Wushan'. The term Taishou was used from the Qin to Sui dynasties to refer to a Governor, the head of a Commandery. For similar tortoise seals, Northern Wei, see Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Bronze Seals Throughout the Dynasties in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1987, pp.294-295, no.215. See another example illustrated in the Shanghai Museum: Chinese Seal Gallery, Shanghai, p.11. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com