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A RARE SILVER IMPERIAL SEAL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, DATED TO GUICHOU YEAR
CORRESPONDING TO 1013 AD
The seal is cast as a ferocious chimera with winged forelegs supported on a
cloud-form base, its head turned to the side and jaw open in a growl beneath
protruding eyes masked with heavy brows, its coat detailed with ring-punched
scrolls. The underside seal face is cast with an inscription reading Huang Song
dazhong xiangfu guichou xiuneisi yinzuofang qian zhi that may be translated as
'respectfully made by the jewellery section of the Palace Maintenance Ofice in
the year guichou (1013 AD) of the Dazhong Xiangfu period of the exalted Song
dynasty'.
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
£30,000-50,000 US$40,000-65,000 (seal face)
€35,000-58,000

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's London, 11 June 1991, lot 16.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 104.
Sotheby's London, 14 May 2008, lot 662.
Property from a Princely Collection.

北宋1013年 御製銀瑞獸鈕印

來源: (seal impression)
倫敦蘇富比1991年6月11日, 拍品16
香港蘇富比2004年4月25日, 拍品104
倫敦蘇富比2008年5月14日, 拍品662
貴族私人珍藏

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