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A SHOUSHAN GAOSHANDONG SOAPSTONE SEAL

QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The finial is carved in openwork with three playful mythical beasts, their bodies
intertwining, on top of a cloth covering the square columnar base. The centre of the seal
face is carved in relief with a four-character inscription, Ru yu zhi jia, ‘As fine as the virtues
of jade’, enclosed by a pair of chilong confronted on a pearl.
2 1 in. (6.8 cm. high), 204g, double wood boxes

HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000
The inscription Ru yu zhi jia can be found on two imperial seals belonging to the Empress
Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) now in the Palace Museum, Beijing. The impressions of their seal face
inscriptions are recorded in Gugong bowuyuan cang Qingdai dihou xiyin pu, vol. 12, Beijing, 2005, p. 印面
12, p. 15 (top) (fig. 1), the later with the inscription in intaglio, but shares a very similar design to
the present seal.

清 壽山高山凍瑞獸鈕方印（204克）
印文：如玉之嘉
「如玉之嘉」為慈禧太后之印璽印文。北京故宮博物院藏兩方「如玉之嘉」印文之印璽，其拓片
載於《故宮博物院藏清代帝后璽印譜》，第十二冊，慈禧卷，北京，2005年，頁12、15（上）
（圖一）。後者形狀、格式與此類似，惟印文為陰文。

impression
印文

fig. 1
圖一

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