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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A TIANHUANG OVAL SEAL
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The oval seal is surmounted by a finial carved in the form of a recumbent mythical
beast with a pair of backward curved horns. The seal face is carved with a five-character
inscription in relief, two in a horizontal line, yuci, ‘imperially bestowed’, above three
characters in a vertical line, Hanhui yuan, ‘Garden of Intrinsic Radiance’ flanked by a pair
of chilong.
1 1 in. (4.3 cm.) wide, 42g
HK$240,000-400,000 US$32,000-52,000
The Hanhui yuan, ‘Garden of Intrinsic Radiance ’ was an imperial garden complex in Beijing
gifted to the third daughter of the Jiaqing Emperor, the Princess Zhuangjing of the Second Rank seal face impression
(1782-1811) upon her marriage to a Mongol prince. 印面 印文
清 田黃瑞獸鈕印（42克）
印文：御賜含暉園
含暉園位於圓明園西南。嘉慶十六年（1801）嘉慶皇帝第三女莊敬和碩公主（1782-1811）下嫁
時，曾被賜居於此。
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