English language chop with “Luo Lize” in red characters from left to right and top to bottom. Image is not to scale.

• Inscription: Luo Lize
• Collection: Luo Lize
• Material: myrikite
• Carver’s mark: 魯可思刻二0一三
• Size: 4 x 3.3 cm.
• Date: May 2013
• Registry: es096

Commissioned by John Li as a gift for Luo Lize. Myrikite is marketed as “American Chicken-blood Stone”—a very hard multicolored stone with bright vermillion red inclusions. The stone was provided by John Li but was extensively shaped to make it look “natural.” A custom base was made from purpleheart wood with an inset for the seal stone.