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36 PROVENANCE:
A GROUP OF SEVEN SMALL WHITE JADE SEALS From the collection of Winston & Cornelia Guest of Templeton, USA, thence by
18TH-19TH CENTURY descent within the family.
The group includes a half-moon shaped seal carved with a shrew, inscribed 清十八/十九世紀 白玉瑞獸鈕方章一組七件
with the name Wang Yuebo; a square seal carved with a deer, inscribed with
Fan Guanglin yin (the seal of Fan Guanglin); a circular seal carved with a 印文:「率真」、「王月波」、「心甫」、「藩光琳印」、
dragon, inscribed with ji xing gao zhao (May the God of auspiciousness watch 「護封」、「吉星高照」、 「世杰之印」
over you); an oval seal carved with a qilin, inscribed with hu feng (‘protection for
envelope’); a rectangular seal carved with a qilin, inscribed with xin fu (probably 來源:美國Winston 及 Cornelia Guest夫婦珍藏
a pseudonym); a square seal carved with a chilong dragon, inscribed with
shi jie zhi yin (the seal of shi jie); and a rectangular seal carved with a squirrel,
inscribed with shuai zhen (honest and sincere).
The larger 2 in. (5 cm.) high
£10,000-15,000 $15,000-21,000
€13,000-19,000
