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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
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A HIGHLY IMPORTANT IMPERIAL WHITE JADE ᪺ࢧᄟ ྽⽗Ⅾἕ̶㹪㖳Ǘݚ⁵ང⏓̄ഢǘᑝ’
‘ZHOUJIA YANXI ZHI BAO’ SEAL
ϝᬝ
JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
ᯧஇ☆՞།ᚉ⯠⻦卿ᙻࢦԬӽ⡕ថݣ⻦卿ᇌᙻ།ᚉ᱁۔
The square seal platform is surmounted by a mythical double-
㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
headed beast carved recumbent with a scaly body, the conjoined
mid-body pierced with an aperture and with its original yellow silk ൣ⿫
braid terminating in knotted tassels, the base is carved in intaglio, இ⛁᫓टࢷ⁒㱦卿झ࢈卿Ƕ᳖⩉㪿㫀ᅨॶჺጻ⻦ཿǷ卿
zhuwen with six characters, Zhoujia yanxi zhi bao, ‘A treasure in
ჺ ᝲ ᚚ⯍ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ
auspicious celebration of a sixtieth birthday’, the stone of pale
celadon tone with areas of russet inclusions. ⮐㙽
3 7 x 3 æ x 3 æ in. (9.7 x 9.6 x 9.6 cm), box Ƕ᳖⩉㪿㫀ᅨॶჺጻᘘ⻦ཿ ě Ⅷ⅊Ƿ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿㮰
HK$18,000,000-24,000,000 US$2,400,000-3,100,000
᫉༾㬪⎊ℱ㐏卿Ւ䂆㟏卿ࣇᙔἃℱ❢❨Ǹॶ⊑ᅠ◯Ԡ༾ǹݪໃǯ
PROVENANCE
A French family collection, acquired in the late 19th century, and
᫉ࣇᙔᘘ㢙ᙻǶ᳖ջႽळ∵ࣇ㍆Ƿ卿ૃጻ࣍Հ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿
thence by descent
㮰 卿ࣿǶ᳖ջႽळ೏ࣇ㫀ᎰǷ卻Ն卼卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1235
㮰 ǯ
EXHIBITED
National Museum of History, Taipei, Ching Wan Society Twentieth
Anniversary Exhibition, 20 October – 9 December 2012
LITERATURE
Ching Wan Society Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: Objects of vertu,
Taipei, 2012, pp. 16-17
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 2, Beijing, 2005, p.
203; and in Qingdai dihou xiyin jicheng [Catalogue of Imperial
Seals of the Qing Dynasty], vol. 5, Beijing, 2005, p. 257.

seal face impression
ࣇ㬷 ࣇᙔ
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