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TWO SOAPSTONE SEALS
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The lot comprises an oval seal with an irregularly-shaped top
carved to simulate ascending cloud, with a two-character
signature on the side, Danian, and a three-character inscription
yi zisun, ‘blessings for future generations’, flanked by a pair of
chilong on the seal face; and a flattened bell-form seal carved
with a band of archaistic kui-dragon scroll in shallow relief on
the mid-section of each of the wider side above a four-character
inscription Shujun fang Han, ‘Shujun imitating the Han-style’
on one side, and a six-character inscription in seal script on the
seal face.
Larger: 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, box (2)
2814 HK$80,000-120,000 US$11,000-16,000
Weng Danian (1811-1890), pseudonym Shujun, was the son of the
Qing-dynasty painter Weng Guangping (1760-1842) and a well-known
calligrapher, epigraphist and seal carver during the 19th century.

清 壽山石仿漢夔龍紋鐘式印及雲紋鈕印各一

鐘式印：
印文：長富貴，樂吾事
邊款：叔均仿漢
雲紋鈕印：
2814 rubbings 2814 impressions
拓印 印文 印文：宜子孫
邊款：大年
翁大年（1811-1890），字叔鈞，又字叔均，清代篆刻家，清代畫家翁
廣平（1760-1842）之子。

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
2815
A SMALL SOAPSTONE ‘LION’ OVAL SEAL
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The oval platform is surmounted by a recumbent lion with eyes
highlighted in black. There is a signature of Yuxuan incised
on the side, above the seal face carved with a seven-character
poetic inscription in relief.
1 ⅛ in. (2.9 cm.) high
HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500
2815 (two views 兩面)
清 芙蓉石天狗橢圓印
邊款：玉璇
印文：梅花應是我前身

2815 seal face 2815 impression
印面 印文

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