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TWO JADE SEALS
CARVED BY XU YUNSHU (1947-) AND
WITH A CYCLICAL DATE DINGCHOU
CORRESPONDING TO 1997
One is a white jade seal carved with a
writhing dragon and carved with a six-
character inscription, dingchou qiu Yunshu
zuo (‘made by Yunshu in the autumn of
dingchou year’) on one side, the seal face reads The two seals were gifts from the artist Liu Dan
Weisen shi zhen cang (‘treasured by Wilson’).
The other is a soapstone seal of rectangular
shape carved in low relief with a scene of
two old men playing weiqi in a mountainous
grove, a four-character inscription, Yunshu
zhuanshi (‘carved stone by Yunshu’) is
carved at the top of one side, and a poetic
inscription referring to the scene on
another, followed by a cyclical date dingchou
corresponding to 1997.
1Ω and 4 in. (3.8 and 10.1 cm.) high (2)
$5,000-7,000
to Ian Wilson.
丁丑年（1997）徐雲叔刻玉印兩件
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