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A BAMBOO SEAL POSITIONER PROVENANCE
DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO JIAWU YEAR,
CORRESPONDING TO 1954 Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London

Of L-shape, the positioner is carved with Mutang was the sobriquet of Feng Liyuan (1902-
archaistic inscriptions followed by a seal, 1970), a modern Suzhou epigraphist best known
Liyuan, on the vertical side, and a dated for his bamboo carving.
inscription corresponding to 1954 and
dedicated to Weigong, followed by a seal, Weigong was the sobriquet of Tan Yankai (1880-
Mutang wu shi er (‘Mutang [at age] 52’). 1930), who was the Premier of the Republic of
Together with a soapstone rectangular seal China from 1928 to 1930.
carved with a continuous landscape scene 甲午年（1954） 馮力遠款竹印規
on all four sides, and a four-character seal
face, yu lu chuan jia (‘pass on through the
generations with great respect’).

Seal positioner: 2º in. (5.7 cm.) long; seal:

3¿ in. (7.8 cm.) high (2)

(another view) $3,000-5,000

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