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TWO SOAPSTONE SEALS
19TH CENTURY
Each seal is carved around the sides with a continuous scene of a pavallion
set in a landscape. One seal face is carved with two characters, Song Ting
(The Pine Hall). The other seal is carved on one side with an inscription, Hui
Shu fang Lao Jiang (Hui Shu imitates Lao Jiang), and on the seal face with
Liu Xian zhi yin (Seal of Liu Xian).
2r in. (6.6 cm.) high (2)

$8,000-12,000
LITERATURE:
Qian Juntao, Zhao Zhiqian, Zhejiang, 1987, nos. 145 and 146 (seal
impression and rubbing).
Gao Huimin and Wang Bing, Zhao Zhiqian Yinpu, vol.2, 2007, no. 10 and 18
(seal impression and rubbing).
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Qi Yuan, Zhao Zhiqian Biannian Yinpu, 2008, p. 201, nos. 93 and 94 (seal
impression and rubbing).
Zhao Zhiqian (1829-1884) was trained in poetry, calligraphy, painting as
well as seal carving since his teenage years. It was because of his holistic
studies in art that Zhao was able to achieve innovative skills in carving 1182
naturalistic details on his seals. Zhao carved less than 400 seals in his
ANOTHER PROPERTY PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
entire career, but his masterly-rendered works made a significant impact
~1180 1181 on an entire generation of seal carvers in the Late Qing dynasty.
A SCROLL-FORM DUAN INK STONE AND A ROCK CRYSTAL THREE ZITAN TABLE OBJECTS
BRUSH REST 17TH-18TH CENTURY Besides a career in art, Zhao passed the imperial examination at the age
of 31. Later in 1872, he was sent to Jiangxi province to become the editor
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-19TH CENTURY The group comprises a brush pot raised on three tab feet, a smaller zitan
of Jiangxi tong zhi (General Encyclopedia of Jiangxi), and held the title of
Decorated on both sides with poetic inscriptions about writing, the ink stone brush pot with plain cylindrical sides, and a small circular box and cover.
Zhixian (County magistrate), a seventh rank civil official, in the counties of
is carved on the top with a circular well surrounded by clouds. The bottom is The largest 5æ in. (14.6 cm.) high (3) Fanyang, Fengxin, and Nancheng among others.
additionally inscribed with a five-character seal reading, wenzhang qiangu shi
(excellent articles will be read for thousands of years). The brush rest is carved
$6,000-8,000
in the form of a six-peaked mountain range, with waves incised at the bottom 私́珍藏 1182 (impressions)
and lingzhi etched on the reverse. PROVENANCE: 清十̏ˠ紀ǎ壽山⊅雕山水̻臺圖印Չ方
Ink stone: 3æ in. (9.4 cm.) wide, zitan box Eastern Pacific Company (Hei Hunglu), Hong Kong, 1981.
Brush rest: 4Ω in. (11.5 cm.) wide, hardwood stand, cloth box (2) 印文 Ǚ松庭ǚ
私人珍藏
印文 Ǚ劉銑̃印ǚ
邊款 Ǚ撝叔仿老薑ǚ
$8,000-12,000 十七/十八世紀 紫檀筆筒兩件及紫檀蓋盒
PROVENANCE: 來源: ֨ḛ
Ink stone: 東泰商行 (黑洪祿), 香港, 1981年 錢君٢
Ǘ趙̃ロǘ
浙江
年
編號 及 印文及拓印
Nicholas Grindley, London, 1998, 0998-43. 高惠敏及王յ
Ǘ趙̃ロ印ㄩǘ ˗

年
編號 及 印文及拓印
Ian and Susan Wilson, San Francisco, C85.
齊淵
Ǘ趙̃ロ編年印ㄩǘ
年
頁
圖ḛ編號 及 印文及拓印
Brush rest:
Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco.
Ian and Susan Wilson Collection, San Francisco, C42.
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清十七至十九世紀 端石詩文銘長方硯及水晶筆山 1183
來源: A LOBED ZITAN BRUSH POT
18TH CENTURY
硯:
The brush pot is of barbed, petal-lobed form. The wood has an attractive
Nicholas Grindley, 倫敦, 1998年, 0998-43
patina with a tight wavy grain.
威爾遜伉儷, 舊金山, C85
5r in. (14.7 cm.) diam.
筆山: $8,000-12,000
Butterfield & Butterfield, 舊金山
PROVENANCE:
威爾遜伉儷, 舊金山, C42 Art of Chen, Taipei, 2000.

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