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A TIANHUANG SEAL A SOAPSTONE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’
EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY RECTANGULAR SEAL
The square columnar seal is surmounted by a recumbent mythical The seal is surmounted by a two-horned mythical beast carved
beast with an apocryphal signature Yuxuan incised on one vertical with an alert expression and mouth slightly open, it is seated on
side. The seal face is carved with a six-character poetic inscription. its haunches with its tail flicked around one of its back legs. The
2 in. (5.2 cm.) high, 53g seal face is inscribed with a phrase from Yuxishixu ‘Preface to
Poems: Foolish Stream’ by the Tang poet Liu Zongyuan, reading
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000 ‘poyi wenmo ziwei’ which may be translated as ‘to console myself in
writing’. The stone is of a slightly varying caramel tone.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, 81g, with a silk and paper seal face cover
清初 田黃獸鈕方印
HK$50,000-70,000
印文：大巧必有奇窮
US$6,000-9,000
邊款：玉璿
壽山石瑞獸鈕印（81 克）
印文：頗以文墨自慰
impression 印文 impression 印文
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