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A BRONZE LOBED SEAL PASTE BOX
19TH CENTURY
The box is elegantly cast in the form of an eight-lobed fower, with each lobe smoothly defned. The base is
cast with a seal mark reading ‘tian di yi jia chun’, which may be translated as ‘springtime in heaven and on
earth’.
3¬ in. (9.3 cm.) wide
£10,000-15,000 $13,000-19,000
€12,000-17,000
LITERATURE
Ben Janssens Oriental Art, The Scholar’s Desk, London: 2011, p. 48, no. 23.
清十九世紀 八辦形印泥銅盒 「天地一家春」篆書款
著錄：Ben Janssens Oriental Art, The Scholar’s Desk 2011年於倫敦出版，第48頁，第23號
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