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十 15. Seal, yin, of square form, carved with a single-horned, open-mouthed mythical animal with its head turned back and legs crossed at
五 the front, with detailed spine, beard and hairwork to his tail, the stone white with natural markings, carved on the underside with a
four-character relief mark chen Wei Gang yin, ‘The seal of the imperial subject Weigang’.
獸 2 inches, 5.2 cm high; 1 ¼ inches, 3.3 cm square.
鈕 Qianlong/Jiaqing, 1780-1820.
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白 • From an English private collection, formed in the 1950s.
玉 • A similar square seal with a Buddhist lion and a four-character mark Wang Shou Peng yin, from the collection of Humphrey K.
F. Hui, is illustrated by Humphrey K. F. Hui, Tina Yee-wan Pang and Yeung Chun-tong in Virtuous Treasures, Chinese Jade for
乾 the Scholars Table, An Exhibition Organised by the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 2007,
隆 no. 136, p. 212; a further seal, carved with a similar mythical animal with head turned to the front is illustrated by Thomas Fok
/ in The Splendour of Jade, The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, no. 112, p. 132.
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