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3623 Seal face 印面
Seal Impression 印文
PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE
COLLECTION

AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL WHITE
JADE ‘ZIQIANG BUXI’ SEAL
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG
PERIOD

of square form, surmounted by a ferocious
dragon powerfully worked in meticulous precision
with bulging eyes and flaring nostrils above
long curling whiskers, the scaly, tightly coiled
body depicted crouching on its haunches with
a ‘flaming pearl’ below its jaws and surrounded
by dense cloud swirls, the scales and flowing
mane finely incised with its long tail coiled on its
rear left side, the seal face deeply and crisply
carved with the characters Ziqiang buxi (‘Self-
strengthening never ceases’), the translucent
white stone of an even colour with natural veining
6.5 by 4.8 by 4.8 cm, 2⅝ by 1⅞ by 1⅞ in.

HK$ 4,000,000-6,000,000
US$ 515,000-770,000

清乾隆 御製白玉交龍鈕寶璽
印文：自強不息

Impression from Qianlong Baosou
《乾隆寶藪》內之印文

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