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A PAIR OF SMALL YELLOW SOAPSTONE SEALS CARVED
FOR PRINCE YINLI
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
Each square seal is surmounted by a mythical beast standing foursquare. One seal face is
carved with the inscription huang shiqi zi ‘The seventeenth son of the Emperor’, the other
with Guojunwang zhang ‘seal of Prince Guo’.
1À/”ÿ in. (3 cm.) high, 14g each, box (2)
HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000
PROVENANCE
A Japanese Kansai private collection
清雍正 seal faces impressions
黃壽山石獸鈕康熙帝皇十七子胤禮用印一對(各 14 克) 印面 印文
印文 : 皇十七子、果郡王章
來源
日本關西私人珍藏
愛新覺羅.胤禮(1697—1738),康熙帝第十七子,雍正帝異母弟,母純裕勤妃。雍正元年被封
為果郡王,雍正六年進果親王,由此可知此對小印當為胤禮於雍正元年至六年被封果郡王期間所
製。
雍正十三年帝臨終時,命允禮輔政。乾隆即位,被授總理事務大臣。乾隆三年二月薨,諡號「毅」。
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