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3036                                             3037

               3036                                              3037

               A SMALL TIANHUANG ‘PHOENIX’ SEAL                  AN INSCRIBED RECTANGULAR
               CARVED BY ZHAO SHURU FOR CHEN                     TIANHUANG SEAL
               BAOCHEN                                           LATE QING DYNASTY
               GUANGXU BINGWU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1906 AND OF THE   The seal is carved with a poetic inscription on one side, followed
               PERIOD                                            by the signature Xiaoding, possibly the pseudonym of seal carver
               The square seal is incised on one side with an inscription including   Wu Chen (1875-1922) and a wushen cyclical year, corresponding
               the signature Shuru, and a bingwu cyclical date, surmounted by a   to 1908. The seal face is carved in relief with a five-character
               finial in the form of a resting phoenix. The seal face is carved with   poetic inscription.
               the name Boqian.                                  1¡ in. (3.4 cm.) high, 53g
               1À/”ÿ in. (3 cm.) high, 17g
                                                                 HK$300,000-500,000              US$39,000-65,000
               HK$60,000-90,000                  US$7,800-12,000
                                                                 晚清   吳琛款詩文田黃印(53 克)
               清光緒丙午年(1906)                                      邊款:自古燕趙多壯士,余仰慕之,然壯志未酬,當以自勉
                               趙叔孺刻田黃鳳鈕陳寶琛用印 (17 克 )
                                                                 也。戊申五月,小丁記。
               印文:伯潛                                             印面:寸心言不盡
               邊款:叔孺儗列國璽,丙午春
                                                                 吳琛(1875-1922),字小丁,浙江嘉興人,以篆書與冶印見長。
               陳寶琛(1848-1935 年),字伯潛,號弢庵、陶庵、聽水老人,晚清名臣。
               同治七年進士,歷任江西學政、內閣學士、禮部侍郎。宣統年間成為宣
               統帝溥儀的師傅,監修《德宗實錄》。民國二十四年卒,追贈太師,諡
               號「文忠」。
               趙叔孺(1874-1945),原名潤祥,字獻忱、叔孺,晚年自號二弩老人。
               出身官宦世家,清末年間曾任福建同知。民國後活躍於上海文壇,其金
               石書畫享負盛名,尤擅畫馬,與吳昌碩齊名。




















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