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188 PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SMALL SOAPSTONE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ SQUARE
SEAL 189
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) FIVE ‘CHICKEN BLOOD’ STONE SEALS AND A
The seal is carved with a finial in the form of a recumbent mythical SOAPSTONE SEAL
beast with two horns and a bushy tail, above the signature Yuxuan REPUBLIC PERIOD
incised on one vertical side, and a seven-character inscription in
relief on the seal face. Comprised of five variously carved chicken blood stone seals, of
greyish or caramel tones suffused with vermillion-red inclusions;
1¬ in. (4 cm.) high, box and a tall soapstone seal carved with cloud scrolls in low relief, one
side with an inscription.
HK$80,000-100,000
US$11,000-13,000 The soapstone seal: 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high (6)

HK$40,000-60,000 US$5,200-7,800

清 壽山石瑞獸鈕方印 PROVENANCE

邊款：玉璇 Acquired in Guangzhou, China before 1949, and then in Hong Kong
印文：胸次廣博天所開 by the father of the present owners

民國 鷄血石印五方及壽山石一方

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