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PROPERTY FROM THE HOSOKAWA FAMILY COLLECTION
         細川家族珍藏
         3080

         A SET OF FIVE CHICKEN BLOOD                       清嘉慶十八年(1813)   定親王鷄血石自用印章一套五方
         SOAPSTONE SEALS FOR PRINCE DING                   邊款:時在癸酉夏五月製於岱林蓬巒軒、廣桂亭識

         DATED TO THE JIAQING 18TH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1813 AND
         OF THE PERIOD                                     印文:定親王寳、定親王寳、學知不足、學知不足、頤壽老
                                                           人、無益事切莫妄為
         The set comprises a pair of inscribed seals, one dated to the
         summer of kuiyou cyclical year (1813), with a four-character seal   出版
         impression reading Ding qinwang bao, ‘Treasure of the Prince   細川護貞,《一得録》,1982 年,圖版 9-I 號
         Ding’, the other bearing a signature of Guang Guiting, an official
         during the Jiaqing period, with a four-character seal inscription   本套印章為定恭親王綿恩 (1747-1822) 所刻。綿恩為乾隆皇帝之孫,定
         reading xuezhi buzu; a seal with inscriptions on both sides of the   安親王永璜次子。
         seal faces, one reading yishou laoren, the other reading xuezhi buzu;
         a rectangular seal with a four-character inscription reading Ding   廣玉,字桂亭,隸屬滿州正白旗,嘉慶十四年時任浙江布政史。
         qinwang bao; and a rectangular seal with an irregularly-shaped top
         and a seven-character seal inscription wuyishiqiemowangwei.
         Largest: 4…À/”ÿ in. (12.2 cm.) high, burlwood box  (5)
         HK$300,000-500,000              US$39,000-65,000
         LITERATURE
         Hosokawa Morisada, Ittokutoku, 1982, no. 9-I
         According to the inscriptions, the present set of seals was made
         for Prince Ding, Aisin-Gioro Mian‘en (1747-1822), the second son of
         Yonghuang, who was the eldest son of the Qianlong Emperor.










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