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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A TIANHUANG SQUARE SEAL ᪺ ㉈̄ヮᕋᕸ࿃ט̡Қᙂ㷍ګ䢰 Դ䢱
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
ࣇݦڬᝳ㠺ǯӬڬߴ厍Ǹ㨒ԋ⊏⒢ᷪ⩧ݏ卿ऒ⽔㛢ऒ㲞卿
The square seal is inscribed to two sides, one with a twenty-eight
ൃݬ㦔Ɽ㯪ཎໃ卿✄ᅳ▵ഺℱႤෂ卿㫝㚧ǹ卿ἃ᳖ߝ㉓மᏒ
character poetic inscription signed Xuecun, the other with a
ߴǯ㉓ம卿ໃआ㊽卿 ⽚㫝ឭ卿 ؒ卻ի◙ᅤ卼՞卿᰻㔮ᙻᄮ㫇
nine-character inscription. The seal face is carved in relief with a
ݦង卿㉼ǮᝧǮ⊺ǯ
four-character inscription, Fu shi baocang, ‘Treasured collection of
Fu. The translucent stone has a warm amber-honey colour with
औӬڬߴ厍Ǹ❥ຽྏ卿ᖝआ❨卿㙖⊂ߴǹǯࣇ㬷បᙔ厍Ǹڶ᭄
characteristic ‘radish veining’.
༾⻦ǹǯヿ▔᫉ࣇᇌࣽἃڶᡞ卻❥ຽ卼Ꮢߴ卿⊐㑤Ԡ㌊卻ᖝआ卼
1 º in. (3 cm. high), 54g, box
Ꮫᝧ卿បሂᇟ卻㙖⊂卼ջߴǯ
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000
㑤Ԡ㌊卻 卼卿ໃ㦜Ӳ卿⎽⊊卿⽚ޙा卿ᇌᘛໃᖝआǯ
Xuecun is the pseudonym of the early-Qing scholar-official ԋஇ᳖ջⶬलᝧ⊺།Ǯ❨ߴ།ǯڶᡞ卻 卼卿ໃຽᅴ卿
from Fujian, Xu Jun (dates unknown), who was known for ⽚❥ຽ卿㞖⒢།卿ൃ㫀ࣇ卿Ք⬒ᯎࣇ卿㑤Ԡ㌊ᝪἃձߴࣇǯប
his poetry, paintings and calligraphy. The nine-character ሂᇟ卻⊂ࢳӶ㊄卼卿㑤Ԡ㌊㵶ᅾ卿႙ߴࣇǯ
inscription indicates that the seal was later carved by Zhu
Zhifu (dates unknown), a student of Zhao Zhiqian (1829-1884),
for another contemporary scholar and epigraphist Fu Shi
(1850-1903).
seal face impression
ࣇ㬷 ࣇᙔ
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