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PROPERTY FROM THE DE AN TANG COLLECTION 清乾隆 乾隆帝御寶交龍鈕和闐青玉璽
AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL KHOTAN-GREEN 印文：太上皇帝之寶
JADE ‘TAISHANG HUANGDI ZHI BAO’ SEAL,
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD 來源：
法國私人收藏，自二十世紀初始
of medium square form, surmounted by a finely carved 香港蘇富比2009年10月7日，編號1655
pair of addorsed dragons, each powerfully carved with
eyes bulging and nostrils flaring above curling whiskers
and jaws bearing sharp fangs, the scales and flowing mane
skillfully incised, the two scaly bodies tightly intertwined and
crouching on their haunches, pierced through the centre
with an aperture, the square seal deeply and crisply carved
with the characters Taishang huangdi zhi bao (‘Treasure of
the Emperor Emertitus’) left in the positive, the stone of a
light moss-green tone with white inclusions and flecks of
darker green
6.4 by 6.4 by h. 6.5 cm
PROVENANCE
A French private collection since the early 20th century.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7th October 2009, lot 1655.

HK$ 12,000,000-20,000,000
US$ 1,540,000-2,560,000
Seal face
印面

Seal impression
印文

Impression from Qianlong baosou
《乾隆寶藪》 內印文

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