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A SET OF THREE TIANHUANG 清末 田黃印章一組三件
SEALS
LATE QING DYNASTY 來源：
傳民國著名海軍薩鎮冰（1859-1952年）收藏
the first of elongated form, carved on the straight
side with four ducks against jagged rockwork
and incised with a two-character inscription, the
reverse with four in a setting detailed with long
millet stems issuing above a pond, inscribed with
a two-character seal mark reading qiu se, the
seal face with three characters reading heng shui
ji, the second of rectangular section and carved
around the stone with a continuous scene of an
egret soaring above lotus blooms and leaves, one
side signed by Sui Gong and dated to the sixth
month of the renxu year, the seal face with an
inscription, the third modelled in the form of a
boulder and carved with a qian li inscription, all
above a three-character inscription to the base
reading neng yi chou
6.8, 2.7 and 4 cm, 2⅝, 1 and 1½ in.
left to right 36.2, 11.1 and 24.4 gr.

PROVENANCE

Collection of Sa Zhenbing (1859-1952), a
prominent Chinese admiral in the Republican
period, by repute.

HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,600-38,400

Impressions 印文

364 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比