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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
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AN IMPERIAL FURONGDONG 'QIANLONG YUBI'
SOAPSTONE SEAL seal face 印面
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The square columnar seal is carved with a mountainous scene
depicting a groom overseeing four horses resting, playing and
drinking water by the river bank, presided by gnarled pine and
wutong trees emerging from towering cliff faces. The seal face is
carved with a four-character inscription in seal script in intaglio,
Qianlong yubi, ‘Imperially inscribed by Qianlong’.
2 Õ/”ÿ in. (5.9 cm.) square, 4 …Õ/”ÿ in. (12.5 cm.) high, box
HK$8,000,000-12,000,000 US$1,100,000-1,500,000
PROVENANCE
Kojima Kazuo (1865-1952), Japan, acquired in the early 20th
century (by repute)

清乾隆 御用芙蓉洞石四駿圖「乾隆御筆」璽

來源
古島一雄（1865-1952），日本，於 20 年代初購得（傳） impression 印文

Impression of the current seal,
after Qingdai dihou xiyin jicheng, vol. 2: Qianlong,
Beijing, 2005, p. 31
《清代帝后璽印集成》第二冊：乾隆，
北京，2005 年，頁 31

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