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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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AN INSCRIBED TIANHUANG SEAL BY
WANG DAXIN FOR YUAN KEWEN
LATE QING DYNASTY – EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD, LATE 19TH
CENTURY – EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of oval cross-section, the seal is carved on the exterior in shallow
relief with a blossoming prunus tree amid swirling clouds above a
poetic inscription dedicated to Hanyun followed by the signature
of Bingtie. The seal face is carved with a four-character poetic
inscription in seal script.
2 4 in. (6.3 cm.) high, 45g
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000
Bingtie was the style-name of Wang Daxin (1869-1924), a popular
seal carver active in Shanghai during the late Qing and early Republic
periods. Hanyun was the style-name of Yuan Kewen (1889-1931), the
second son of Yuan Shika, and a scholar, painter, calligrapher, as well
2857 as a collector and Peking opera aficionado.

晚清/民國 王大炘刻田黃袁克文自用印 （45克）
款識：集彜器文為寒雲先生方家製。冰銕
印文：抱存長物
王大炘（1869-1924），字冠山，號冰鐵、冰銕。江蘇吳縣人，少居蘇州，
二十餘歲移居上海，其印藝受顯貴、藏家、儒士所喜。與吳昌碩（苦鐵）、
seal face impression 錢瘦鐵有「江南三鐵」之稱。
印面 印文
袁克文（1889-1931），字抱存、豹岑，別署寒雲。河南項城人，袁世
凱次子，生於朝鮮國漢城，精通書畫、長於詩文，喜好收藏，青幫大老，
昆曲名家，「民國四公子」之一。

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
2858

A TIANHUANG SEAL
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The rectangular columnar seal is carved in shallow relief on the
top with a coiled kui phoenix above a band of keyfrets around the
upper sides of the seal interrupted by the signature Shang Jun. The
seal face is uncarved.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, 42g

HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000

清 田黃夔鳳紋印（42克）

款識：尚均

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