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A TIANBAI ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ SEAL MADE FOR
YOU TONG
EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The rectangular seal is surmounted by a finial in the form of a
single-horned recumbent beast with bushy mane and tail, the seal
face carved with a long inscription explaining the origin of the
owner’s style name, Hui’an. impression
1 …À/”ÿ in. (4.6 cm.) high, 53.4 g, box 印文
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000
Hui’an is the style name of You Tong (1618-1704), a learned scholar-
official active during the Kangxi reign, as well as a renowned poet and
playwriter.

清初 田白瑞獸鈕尤侗自用印（53.4 克）
印文：中年自號悔庵，故曰悔遲存乎？悔故所居為震天無咎□，致福則
貞吉悔已，故以貞悔名吾堂。

尤侗（1618 － 1704），原籍蘇州府長洲，明末清初著名詩人、戲曲家。
字展成、同人，早年自號三中子，又號悔庵。康熙十八年（1679）入選
博學鴻儒科，授翰林院檢討，參與修《明史》。四十二年康熙南巡，得
晉官號為侍講。工古文詩詞，詩效溫、李、白，號稱才子。著有《西堂
全集》、《艮齋雜記》、《鶴栖堂文集》及《鈞天樂》等。
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A TIANHUANG ‘PHOENIX’ SEAL
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The rectangular seal is surmounted by a finial in the form of a
recumbent phoenix. The side is incised with the signature Shang
impressions Jun. The seal face is carved with six characters.
印文 1 ¿ in. (2.9 cm.) wide, 41 g, box

HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000
Shangjun is the pseudonym of Zhou Bin, a native of Zhangzhou, Fujian
province, who was a renowned carver of seal knobs, and is thought to
have worked during the mid to late 17th century.

清 田黃鳳鈕長方印（41 克）
印文：幾生修到梅花；款識：尚均

尚均，本名周彬，福建漳浦人，尤善於印鈕雕刻，相傳曾為康熙朝宮廷
御工，供奉內廷。

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rubbing of exterior 拓本
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