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十 14. Seal, yin, of rectangular form, carved with a bifid-tailed chilong dragon enveloping the seal holder and looking back
四 holding a lingzhi branch in its mouth, with hairwork to the dragon’s legs, carved on the underside with a four-character

relief mark, ji shan chang ji, ‘Always count the good deeds’, the stone white.
螭 1 ⅛ inches, 2.9 cm long; 1 ⅛ inches, 2.9 cm high.
鈕 Qianlong, 1736-1795.
印 Wood stand.

白 • From an English private collection, formed in the 1950s.
玉 • A similar seal is illustrated by Angus Forsyth and Brian McElney in Jades from China, The Museum of East Asian

乾 Art, Bath, no. 298, p. 369; another related seal is illustrated by Yang Li Juan in The Deep Affection for Jade, The
隆 ROC Society of Art Collectors, no. 133, pp. 186/7.

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