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AN IMPERIAL GREENISH-WHITE JADE SEAL

JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
The seal is carved with a square platform with a finial in the form
of a mythical beast. The seal face is carved with a four-character
inscription in intaglio reading Sishi zhi shi, ‘the beginning of the
Four Seasons’ in seal script.
2Õ/”ÿ in. (5.8 cm.) high, box
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000
The impression of the current seal is included in Qingdai dihou xiyin
pu [An Album of Impressions of the Qing-dynasty Emperors and
Empresses’ Seals], Jiaqing juan, no. 2, Beijing, 2005, p. 154 (fig. 1).
seal face
According to Jiaqing baosou, the present seal is one of a set of three 印面
seals, with the other two matching seals being the fu chun lou (Fuchun
Hall) seal and wan wu yi jia (everything is nourished) seal, indicating the
seal set was specially associated with the Fuchun Hall. A fu chun lou
(Fuchun Hall) seal was sold at Beijing Poly, 6 June 2017, lot 5111, which
is also carved of white jade with a finial similar in style to the present
seal.

清嘉慶 御製青白玉「四時之始」璽
此印文收錄於《清代帝后璽印譜》，嘉慶卷，卷二，北京，2005 年，頁
154（圖一）.
根據《嘉慶寶藪》，此璽為三方組璽中的一方，與之相配的另外兩方璽
分別為“富春樓”璽和“萬物以嘉”璽，表明該組璽是為放置在富春樓
中而專門製作的。“富春樓”璽於 2017 年 6 月 6 日於北京保利拍賣，拍 impression
品 5111 號，其獸鈕風格與此十分相近。 印文

fig. 1
圖一

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