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AN IMPERIAL SOAPSTONE SEAL
QIANLONG ELEVENTH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1746 AND OF THE PERIOD
The square columnar seal is surmounted by three well reticulated horses shown
standing on a grassy hill above two recumbent horses carved in sunken relief
on one vertical side. The seal face is carved with a five-character inscription
in relief, qin shu dao qu sheng, ‘leisurely delight from the enjoyment of qin and
calligraphy’. The stone has a creamy-white tone with some vermillion inclusions.
2 ⅞ in. (7.3 cm.) high, 134g seal face
印面
HK$2,200,000-3,500,000 US$290,000-450,000
The impression of the current seal is included in Qingdai dihou xiyin pu [An Album of
Impressions of the Qing-dynasty Emperors and Empresses’ seals], Qianlong juan, no. 1,
Beijing 2005, p. 22 (fig. 1); Jiaqing juan, no. 1, p. 38; and Daoguang juan, p. 34.
The impression of the current seal is found on the following paintings: Minxian miaoji
album leaves, no. 9, Green Hut and Thatched Pavilions, by Fang Congyi (c. 1302-1393) in
The National Palace Museum, Taipei; The Shu River by Li Gonglin (1049-1106) in the Freer
and Sackler Galleries, Washingtong D.C.; Imaginary Tour through Xiaoxiang by Li Gonglin impression
(1049-1106) in the Tokyo National Museum; Forty Scenes of the Yuanmingyuan by Tang 印文
Dai (1673-1752) and Shen Yuan (active during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods) in
the Bibliothèque Nationale de France; and Battle of Qurman by Jia Quan (active during the
Qianlong period).
An English translation of a discussion on this seal by Guo Fuxiang is avaialble on www.
christies.com.

清乾隆十一年（1746) 御用芙蓉石五駿圖「琴書道趣生」寳璽
印文：琴書道趣生
fig. 1
此印文收錄於: 圖一
《清代帝后璽印譜》，乾隆卷，卷一，北京，2005年，頁22（圖一）
《清代帝后璽印譜》，嘉慶卷，卷一，北京，2005年，頁38
《清代帝后璽印譜》，道光卷，北京，2005年，頁34
此印鈐印見於：
1. 《名賢妙蹟》冊第九幅，元方從義翠厂茅堂，台北國立故宮博物院藏品
原畫著錄：《石渠寶笈續編》第二十 ，養心殿藏五列朝名人書畫四
原畫出版：《故宮石圖錄》第二十九冊，頁142，2010年
2. 宋李公麟《蜀川天圖》卷，美國華盛頓特區弗利爾美術館藏品
原畫著錄:《石渠寶笈初編》，靜怡軒藏列朝人畫卷上等
原畫出版:《石渠寶笈名畫珍賞》第二卷 ，頁296，北京美術大學出版社出版，
2017年
3. 宋李公麟《瀟湘臥遊圖》卷，日本東京國立博物館藏品
原畫著錄:《石渠寶笈初編》靜怡軒藏 列朝人畫卷上等
原畫出版:《石渠寶笈名畫珍賞》第二卷 ，頁309，北京美術大學出版社，2017年
4. 唐岱、沈源合筆畫《圓明園四十景》二冊，法國國家圖書館藏品
原畫著錄:《石渠寶笈續編》第七十八 圓明園等處藏一 正大光明二 本朝臣工書畫
5. 賈全繪《平定烏什戰圖冊》一冊
原畫著錄:《石渠寶笈續編》乾清宮藏第十五，本朝臣工書畫 五

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