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A TIANHUANG ‘RIVERSCAPE’ SEAL CARVED BY WANG
BINGTIE FOR YUAN KEWEN
LATE QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The oval seal is carved in low relief depicting a fishing boat in an idyllic riverscape with
huts nestled on the banks under the shades of willow trees. It is carved on one side with
the signature Bingtie. The seal face is carved with four characters Hanyun du guo.
2……/”ÿ in. (6.9 cm.) high, 81g
HK$320,000-500,000 US$42,000-65,000

PROVENANCE seal face impression
A Hong Kong private collection, acquired in the 1990s 印面 印文
Bingtie was the style-name of Wang Daxin (1869-1924), a popular seal carver active in Shanghai
during the late Qing and early Republic periods. Hanyun was the style-name of Yuan Kewen
(1889-1931), the second son of Yuan Shikai, and a scholar, painter, calligrapher, as well as a
collector and Peking opera aficionado.

晚清 / 民國 王冰鐵刻田黃薄意橢圓形袁克文用印 (81 克 )
印文：寒雲讀過
邊款：冰鐵
來源
香港私人珍藏，1990 年代入藏
王大炘（1869-1924），字冠山，號冰鐵、冰銕。江蘇吳縣人，少居蘇州，二十餘歲移居上海， rubbing
其印藝受顯貴、藏家、儒士所喜。與吳昌碩（苦鐵）、錢瘦鐵有「江南三鐵」之稱。 拓印
袁克文（1889-1931），字抱存、豹岑，別署寒雲。河南項城人，袁世凱次子，生於朝鮮國漢城，
精通書畫、長於詩文，喜好收藏，青幫大老，昆曲名家，「民國四公子」之一。

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