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A SMALL AMETHYST SEAL
LATE QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The cylindrical seal is surmounted by a carved and undercut seated qilin with
its tail tucked next to its hind legs. The details of the mane and hair are fnely
incised. The seal face is carved with two seal characters reading ‘shui qing’.
The stone is of an even, translucent, purple tone.
2¿ in. (5.3 cm.) high
(impression)
£6,000-8,000 $8,500-11,000
€6,900-9,200

The seal inscription shui qing is recorded as one of the seals used by the
Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908). An imprint of this seal is recorded in
Gugong Bowuyuan cang Qingdai Dihou Xiyin Pu, Beijing, 2013, p. 40.
晚清 紫水晶麒麟鈕 「水清」 印章
參考2013年北京出版《故宮博物院藏清代帝后璽印譜 - 慈
禧卷》，第40頁

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