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3625 Seal face 印面

PROPERTY OF A LADY Seal Impression 印文

AN IMPERIAL SPINACH JADE ‘HUI Impression from Jiaqing Baosou
QI YOU JI’ SEAL 《嘉慶寶藪》內之印文
QING DYNASTY, JIAQING PERIOD

the plain high square base surmounted by
a carved and pierced finial in the form of a
ferocious dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl,
its undulating body with finely incised scales
meandering within dense cloud scrolls to display
great vigour and power, its head depicted
with bulging eyes and flared nostrils above its
clenched open mouth revealing a curled tongue
between sharp fangs, the seal face deeply and
crisply carved with the four characters Hui qi
you ji (‘Maintain one’s standards’), a phrase
excerpted from Shangshu [The Book of History],
the stone of a dark green tone with areas of
darker speckling
height 7 cm, 2¾ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5th October 2011, lot 1910.
HK$ 10,000,000-20,000,000
US$ 1,280,000-2,560,000

清嘉慶 嘉慶帝御寶鏤雕龍鈕碧玉璽
印文：會其有極

來源：
香港蘇富比2011年10月5日，編號1910

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