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A PAIR OF SOAPSTONE SEALS BY ZHANG YUECHENG FOR DU
YUESHENG
DATED CYCLICAL XINWEI YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1931 AND OF THE PERIOD
Each columnar seal is surmounted by a finial carved in the form of a seated mythical
beast with a bifurcated horn. One is incised with a seven-character inscription to
one side incorporating the signature of the carver and the year, with a four-character
inscription in intaglio on the seal face, Du Yong xin yin, ‘seal of Du Yong’. The other seal faces
is incised on the side with a dedicatory inscription from Lu Jingshi for Du Yuesheng, 印面
signed Zhang Yin, with a two-character inscription in relief on the seal face reading
Yuesheng.
3 15/16 in. (10 cm.) high, box (2)

HK$320,000-550,000 US$42,000-71,000
Du Yong (1888-1951), pseudonym Yuesheng, was one of the key leaders of the Green Gang of
Shanghai during the Republic period. Zhang Yuecheng (1883-1961) was a seal carving master
who had created seals for numerous important figures from the late Qing dynasty to Republic impressions
period including Puyi, Duan Qirui, Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang, Bai Chongxi. The present pair of 印文
seals were given to Du Yuesheng from Lu Jingshi (1907-1983), a contemporary businessman and
politician, to commemorate the construction of the Du Family Temple in Pudong, Shanghai.

民國二十年（1931） 張樾丞刻、陸京士贈壽山石杜月笙自用對章
邊款：辛未夏樾丞仿漢；京士索刻奉月笙先生正，新河張蔭刊
印文：杜鏞印信；月笙
1931年六月，位於浦東高橋的杜氏宗祠落成，慶典活動盛況空前。蔣介石亦親筆揮毫「孝思不
匱」四字以贈,此時可謂杜月笙人生之巔峰。此對印章便是1931年夏，杜氏得意門生陸京士所贈之
物。陸京士（1907-1983），名之鎬，字京士。江蘇太倉人。作為杜氏門生，陸京士跟萬墨林一
樣，是杜月笙極為倚重的人。

The current lot in its fitted box
本拍品及其原盒

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