These seals have superbly moulded and hand-finished figures of Buddhist lions with ferocious expressions, and sprays of lingzhi fungus clenched in their mouths. They are solid and have a cold milky-white glaze with a glassy appearance. Porcelain seals were usually made blank so that the carving could be undertaken according to the future owner’s requirements.Dehua, located on the southeast coast of Fujian province, is well known for its production of white porcelain, known to Europeans as 'blanc de Chine'. The earliest Dehua porcelain was produced as early as the 14th century but the production and quality of these porcelain peaked around the 17th and 18th centuries.
