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3205 董滄門刻恭親王龍鳳田黃對章

PRINCE KUNG’S ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ 龍章

TIANHUANG SEALS 重量：208.1克
尺寸：3.3 x 3.3 x 8.6 公分
THE SEALS KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE SEAL FACES 印文：「皇六子和碩恭親王」
邊款：「東風簾卷小紅樓，三月梨花喚錦鳩。
XIANFENG PERIOD (1850-1861)
曾記玉人將鳳管，隔花低按小梁州。
The seals are carved from a single boulder with square section 已亥重九後二日，鹿原林佶。」
rising to a sloping upper surface.The top of one is carved in low
relief, dexterously utilising the skin of the stone, with a dragon 鳳章
gazing down on its young striding amongst lingzhi, echoing the
pair of phoenix soaring amidst peonies on the other, both scenes 重量：205.1克
positioned above a signature, Cangmen.The ‘dragons’ seal is incised 尺寸：3.3 x 3.3 x 8.8 公分
on one vertical side with a seven-character stanza followed by a 印文：「御賜為國藩輔」
signature, Lin Ji, dated 11th day of the ninth month of yihai cyclical 邊款：「夕雲歛餘暉，稍稍歸鳥集。
year, corresponding to 1719, the seal face is carved in intaglio with
an eight-character inscription, Huang liuzi Heshuo Gong qinwang, 清磬林際浮，樵歌峰外急。
‘The sixth imperial son,The Peaceful and Eminent Prince Gong’. 懷人南斗邊，露下銀漢濕。
The ‘phoenix’ seal is similarly incised on one vertical side with a 瑤草春復生，深山共誰拾。紫微內史。」
five-character stanza followed by a signature, Ziwei Neishi, the
seal face is carved with a four-character inscription, weiguo fanfu, 董滄門的傳世作品甚為罕見。1995年東京出版明石春浦編
(Guardian vassal of the state) in intaglio, flanked by a pair of chilong 《田黃壽山石》中錄有一方滄門製田黃薄意章，章頂一角留
below a two-character inscription yuci, ‘imperially bestowed’, 皮作朱文「滄門」二字，雕刻風格、手法與此對章雷同，可
in relief.The stones are of a deep honey tone suffused with 資比較，見該圖錄頁72（圖A）。
characteristic ‘radish’ veining.
‘Dragons’ seal: 1 º in. (3.3 cm.) square, 3 ¡ in. (8.6 cm.) high,
208.1 g; ‘Phoenix’ seal: 1 º in. (3.3 cm.) square, 3 Ω in. (8.8 cm.)
high, 205.1 g, hongmu box

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The two carved characters, Cang men, can be identified as the carver

Dong Cangmen who was known to have been active in the Kangxi

period. Works that bear the signature of Dong Cangmen are extremely

rare. Compare to a tianhuang seal with a similarly carved signature of

Cangman in private collection is illustrated by Akashi Shunpo, Dennou

Juzanseki, Tokyo, 1995, p. 72 (fig. A).

fig. A seal impressions
（圖 A） 印文

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