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ANCIENT PORCELAIN SEALS. Chap. XIL 



has not been made in China for several hundred 

 years. The Chinese, who laugh at the idea of the 

 bottles being considered ancient which have been 

 found in the tombs of Egypt, all agree in stating 

 that these seals are from one thousand to two 

 thousand years old. 



They are very rare in China at the present day. 

 I had the greatest difficulty in getting the few 

 which are now in my possession, although my 

 opportunities of picking up such things were 

 greater than those of most persons in China. It 

 is therefore absurd to suppose that those found in 

 Ireland can have been brought over of late years 

 by sailors, or captains of ships, or even by either 

 of the two embassies to Peking. Here is a sketch 

 of some of those found in China at the present 

 day. Those who are fortunate enough to possess 

 the Irish ones will see an exact resemblance to 

 their own. 



Ancient Porcelain Seals. 



There is therefore no doubt that those rare and 

 ancient seals found in China at the present day 



