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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
士紳藏品

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AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL SPINACH-GREEN JADE
‘SHUI MU ZHAN QING HUA’ SEAL
Jiaqing
The square base surmounted by a lively five-clawed dragon, crouching
on his four legs amidst cloud scrolls, with each clawed foot turned
the other way, together forming the character wan, the flaming pearl
of wisdom set below the dragon’s open jaws revealing his tongue
and flanked by the elongated whiskers, below the ruyi-shaped nose,
bulging eyes and bushy eyebrows flanked by the two horns, the
flowing mane parted along the scaled body with a knobbed spine,
terminating in coiled and spiked tail, the underside finely incised in
zhuanshu script with five characters reading 水木湛清華 shui mu zhan
qing hua, which may be read as: ‘Tranquil water and luxuriant trees
in the garden’, the jade stone of a vibrant green tone highlighted by
speckled black flecks.
7.3cm high x 4.2cm square (2 7/8in high x 1 5/8 in square)

HK$2,000,000 - 3,000,000
US$260,000 - 390,000

清嘉慶 御製碧玉虯龍戲珠鈕「水木湛清華」璽

Provenance 來源:
An English private collection
According to the family, the seal was gifted to the late father of the
present owner prior to 1994.

英國私人收藏；傳於1994年前由友人贈予現藏家之父親

57 Seal face 57 Seal impression Record of the set of seals from
140 | BONHAMS the imperial archives, Jiaqing
Baosou