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崇聖御寶 - 詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮 ·阿爾斯多夫珍藏

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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE `DRAGON' SEAL 清光緒三年（公元1878年） 碧玉雕龍鈕方印
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, DATED 3RD YEAR OF THE GUANGXU REIGN, CORRESPONDING
TO 1878 來源:
Nicholas Grindley, Inc., Works of Art, 紐約，1982年9月28日。
The top carved with adorsed, crouching dragons flanked on either side by incised
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。
inscriptions, Guangxu san'nian zao (made in the third year of the Guangxu reign)
and zhuchi Xianding li (established by abbot Xianding), the underside with a lengthy
inscription in seal script, Jiangning fudu Chenghuang zhi yin (The seal of Chenghuang
in the Capital of Jiangning) in both Chinese and Manchu, and one side with a further
inscription, Puren Juntong Ye Wenquan kan (carved by Ye Wenquan of Pu region)
4 in. (10.1 cm.) wide
$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE:
Nicholas Grindley, Inc., Works of Art, New York, 28 September 1982.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

Ye Wenquan was an official during the Guangxu period. He was from Jiangning
county, Jiangsu province, and passed the imperial examination in 1890. Chenghuang,
`god of the boundaries', is a deity in Chinese folk religion who protects the local
people and affairs of a village, town or city, both in life and death.

(impression) (another view)

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