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A RARE YIXING SIGNED AND DATED SQUARE SEAL 道光丙戌(1826)年 宜興紫砂龜鈕方印
SIGNED YOU QINQING, DATED TO AUTUMN OF THE BINGXU YEAR
OF DAOGUANG, CORRESPONDING TO 1826, AND OF THE PERIOD
The tortoise-form knop is worked with a textured carapace and pierced 印文: 聽松閣海南周氏之印
horizontally for stringing. The seal is inscribed on one side with the maker's
name, You Qinqing, and the date autumn day of bingxu year of Daoguang 刻文: 道光丙戌秋日 友琴慶製鎸
(1826). The base is inscribed with a nine-character seal reading ting song ge
Hainan Zhou shi zhi yin, that might be translated as the 'Seal of Zhou of the
'Hall of Listening to the Pines' in Hainan'. The stoneware is of reddish-brown 來源:
colour.
2⅞ in. (4.8 cm.) square John Sparks, 倫敦, 1985年
£12,000-18,000 US$16,000-23,000 紐約佳士得2012年3月22日《Auspicious Treasures for
€14,000-21,000
Scholars and Emperors, Selections from the Robert H.
PROVENANCE:
With John Sparks Ltd., London, 1985. Blumenfield Collection》,拍品1245
Auspicious Treasures for Scholars and Emperors, Selections from the Robert 貴族私人珍藏
H. Blumenfeld Collection; Christie's New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1245.
Property from a Princely Collection.
EXHIBITED: 展覽:
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sumptuous Elegance: Art of
the 18th Century Qing Dynasty, 17 March-30 June 1992. 美國洛杉磯郡立美術館, 「Sumptuous Elegance: Art of the
18th Century Qing Dynasty」, 1992年3月17日至6月30日

(seal face) (seal impression)

(inscription)

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