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A TIANHUANG ‘DRAGON’ SEAL

QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

The columnar seal is surmounted by a finely detailed winged
dragon emerging from waves and chasing a flaming pearl, above
a band of incised conjoined T-shaped motifs and a signature of
Zhou Bin on one vertical side. The seal face is uncarved.
2 ¡ in. (6 cm.) high, box, 79g

HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-65,000

清 田黃應龍戲珠鈕方印（79克）

邊款：周彬

3045

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A RARE SMALL BAIFURONG SOAPSTONE

SQUARE SEAL

MID-LATE 17TH CENTURY

The top is very finely carved with two pairs of archaistic dragons
with angular scroll bodies, one pair facing each other, the other
pair addorsed and their tails joined by a loop, the flat design
reserved on a slightly recessed, leiwen-carved ground, all above a
narrow chevron band incorporating the signature ‘Shangjun’ in
seal script within a cartouche on the front, the luminous stone
finely polished and of beige-white colour.
1 in. (2.4 cm.) high, box

HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000

PROVENANCE

Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London
The R.H. Blumenfield Collection
Sold at Christie’s New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1210

LITERATURE 3046

The Literati Mode, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1986, p. 209, no. 85 inscription
邊款
明末 / 清初 白芙蓉石雕夔龍紋方印

邊款：尚均

來源
Sydney L. Moss Ltd.，倫敦
普孟斐珍藏
紐約佳士得，2012年3月22日，拍品1210號

著錄
《The Literati Mode》，Sydney L. Moss Ltd.，倫敦，1986年，
頁209，圖85號

周名彬，字尚均，福建漳浦人，尤善於印鈕雕刻。相傳曾為康熙朝宮廷
御工，供奉內廷。

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