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AN IMPERIAL JIDETANG BAO SOAPSTONE SEAL seal face
印面
JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
seal impression
The square columnar seal is surmounted by a finely carved openwork finial 印文
depicting a pair of chilong playfully grasping lingzhi fungus in their mouths. The seal
face is carved with a four-character inscription in seal script in intaglio, Jidetang bao,
‘Treasure of Hall of Perpetuating Righteousness’.
1 ¡ in. (3.7 cm.) square, 1 Æ in. (4.6 cm.) high, box
HK$1,800,000-2,800,000 US$240,000-360,000
PROVENANCE
C. C. Wang (1907-2003), New York, circa 1980s
清嘉慶 御用壽山石螭龍銜靈芝鈕「繼德堂寶」
印文：繼德堂寶
來源
王季遷（1907-2003），紐約，約1980年代
Impression of the current seal,
after Qingdai dihou xiyin jicheng, vol. 4:
Jiaqing, Beijing, 2005, p. 61
《清代帝后璽印集成》第四冊：嘉慶篇，北京，
2005 年，頁 61
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