19th century Chinese Shoushan soapstone seal with carved raised characters on the bottom. The first photo shows the image of printing surface flipped left to right, so the seal can be read. Very nice variegated color stone with a hint of translucency, crisp carving of the characters, old traces of red seal paste in the grooves, in excellent condition, very nice scholar’s object. Inscribed on the side - probably with the name of the owner. Comes with brocade case for the bottom. Height 1.57 inches, base 0.83 x 0.4 inches.