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AN IVORY ‘DEER AND LINGZHI’ SEAL
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The rectangular seal is surmounted by a finial carved in the form
of a recumbent deer grasping a lingzhi spray in its mouth. The seal
face is carved with a five-character poetic inscription in relief.
1 æ in. (4.5 cm.) high
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000

PROVENANCE
impression A Uruguayan private collection, acquired in Shanghai in the 1920s
印文
The inscription, chun gong sheng en chang, ‘The Emperor’s mercy
is as everlasting as Spring,’ is taken from a collection of ten poems
composed by Tang-dynasty poet Yang Juyuan (b. 755 - ?) to
commemorate the birthday of a mid-Tang Emperor.

清初 象牙雕鹿銜靈芝鈕印

來源
烏拉圭私人珍藏，1920 年代於上海入藏

印文：春共聖恩長
印文出自唐楊巨源《春日奉獻聖壽無疆詞十首》。
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A TIANHUANG ‘CLOUD’ SEAL
SIGNED CHEN JULAI (1904-1984), REPUBLIC PERIOD
The irregularly shaped seal is carved in low relief to the top with a
wispy cloud, incised on one side with the signature Julai. The seal
face is carved with the characters Zuo’an suocang, ‘Collection of
Zuo’an’.
1 in. (2.5 cm.) high, 17.6 g, box impression
印文
HK$80,000-120,000 US$11,000-15,000
Chen Julai is a renowned seal carver, calligrapher, painter and poet
from Zhejiang. Zuo’an is the pseudonym of Li Zuhan (1891-1971), a
businessman from Ningbo who was a prominent patron of the master
painter Zhang Daqian.

民國 陳巨來刻田黃雲紋李祖韓收藏印（17.6 克）
印文：左盦所藏；邊款：巨來
陳巨來（1904 － 1984），原名斝，字巨來，後以字行，號墒齋，別署安
持，安持老人、牟道人、石鶴居士，齋名安持精舍，浙江平湖乍浦鎮人，
寓居上海。20 世紀傑出篆刻家、書畫家、詩人，曾任上海中國畫院畫師、
西泠印社社員、上海書法篆刻研究會會員。
李祖韓（1891-1971），字左庵，寧波鎮海人，為民初聞人李雲書、李
微五之侄也，解放前上海化學工藝社之大股東。善畫。李氏及其妹李秋
君俱與張大千至交。 2941

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