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3624 Seal face 印面

PROPERTY OF A LADY Seal Impression 印文

AN IMPERIAL JADE ‘BAZHENG Impression from Qianlong Baosou
MAONIAN ZHI BAO’ SEAL 《乾隆寶藪》內之印文
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG
PERIOD

of square form, well worked in the form of a
pair of addorsed dragons crouching on their
haunches atop the seal, each horned mythical
beast depicted with long curling whiskers flanking
a mouth revealing sharp fangs, the upper edges
of the intertwined scaly bodies adorned with
well-pronounced bosses simulating prominent
spinal columns, the seal face crisply worked
with a six-character inscription in seal script
reading Bazheng maonian zhi bao (‘Treasure
of the Eighty-year old who concerns himself
with the Eight Signs’), the centre of the dragon
final pierced through with an aperture, the pale
greyish-celadon stone with russet accents to
the horns and spines and variegated darker grey
inclusions to the stone
6.5 by 6.4 by 6.4 cm, 2½ by 2½ by 2½ in.
PROVENANCE
The Duvernois family collection, France, acquired
in the 19th century and thence by descent.
A New York private collection.
Sotheby’s New York, 12th September 2012, lot
303.

HK$ 35,000,000-50,000,000
US$ 4,480,000-6,400,000

清乾隆 乾隆帝御寶花青玉交龍鈕璽
印文：八徵耄念之寶

來源：
Duvernois 家族收藏，法國，十九世紀入藏，
此後家族傳承
紐約私人收藏
紐約蘇富比2012年9月12日，編號303

148 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比