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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
士紳珍藏
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AN INSCRIBED SOAPSTONE SEAL
LATE QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The seal of square section is carved with a double-lion finial and incised on one side with a
lengthy inscription followed by a cyclical date, renyin (1902), and a signature, Huang Shiling.
The seal faced is carved with a four-character phrase, bai yun hong shu (white clouds, red tree).
3¿ in. (8 cm.) high
HK$130,000-240,000 US$17,000-31,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
Sold at Christie’s New York, 22 March 2019, lot 1769

Huang Shiling (1849-1908) was a master carver from Yi county, Anhui province. His seal engravings
exhibit strong influence from Han seals and from inscriptions of Shang and Zhou bronzes. Huang’s
unique style in carving established him as the founder of the Yishan School in the late Qing period.
The Yishan School is also known as the Yue School, since Huang sojourned in Guangdong for many
years and thus contributed heavily to the development of seal engraving in that region.

晚清 黃士陵款壽山石印

來源:
紐約佳士得，2019年3月22日，拍品1769號
印文： 白雲紅樹

邊款： 務耘仁兄富收藏，嗜金石印章。偶得顧氏舊藏白雲紅
樹印，寳之。近以佳石屬刻此句，仿漢回文印。壬寅四月
黃士陵記之。
黃士陵（1849-1908），字牧甫，號倦叟，別號黟山人、黟山病叟、倦叟、倦遊窠主，
先後又有蝸篆居、延清芬室等齋號。篆刻「黟山派」開宗大師，晚清時期書畫篆刻家。

seal face impression
印面 印文

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