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A TIANHUANG ‘SCHOLAR IN RIVERSCAPE’ SEAL 晚清 / 民國
林清卿田黃薄意江崖高士印鄧爾疋篆刻（78克）
CARVED BY LIN QINGQING WITH SIGNATURE OF DENG ERYA, LATE
印文：桃花庵裏酒中仙
QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD 邊款：仿牧甫。爾疋
林清卿（1876-1948），福建福州人，專攻薄意。自幼好學且天資聰
The seal is delicately carved in low relief with a continuous 穎，卻棄仕途而投入印石雕刻，後更精益求精，苦心學畫，終將其精髓
scene depicting a scholar resting leisurely in a sampan below a 如筆意、構圖等元素融入薄意之中，作品意境深遠。
tree-strewn cliff, with an incised inscription on one vertical side 鄧爾疋（1884-1954），廣東東莞人，1921年定居香港，精詩詞、書
followed by a signature, Erya, above a seven-character poetic 畫、篆刻。著名古文字學者容庚之舅。
inscription on the seal face.
2 ¡ in. (6 cm.) high, box, 78g impression 印文

HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-90,000

Lin Qingqing (1876-1948) was a native of Fuzhou, Fujian province,
and one of the most notable soapstone carvers of the late Qing
and Republic periods. He specialised in low-relief carving, and
took great lengths to study Chinese paintings in order to obtain a
deeper understanding and control of foundational elements such as
brushstrokes and composition, which he had skillfully incorporated into
his carvings.

Deng Erya (1884-1954) was a native of Dongguan, Guangdong province,
and relocated to Hong Kong in 1921. He was the uncle of the eminent
scholar in Chinese archaic scripts, Rong Geng, and was a respected poet,
calligrapher, painter and seal carver.

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