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A PAIR OF PALE GREEN AND RUSSET AN INSCRIBED JADE SEAL A SMALL PALE GREEN AND RUSSET
JADE SEALS 18th/19th century JADE SEAL
20th century Modelled as a lion-dog on all fours upon Qing Dynasty
Each square-section body left undecorated a rectangular plinth, inscribed to the seal The square-section seal surmounted by a
and rounded at the top, with four seal-script face, 合人登寿域, 春意满壶天, translating as crouching bear-like creature, the underside
characters to the seal face. 10.5cm (4 1/8in) ‘wishing for longevity and prosperity’. carved with four characters reading Wu Song
and 10.7cm (4 1/4in) high (2). 3.7cm (1 1/2in) high xian sheng. 3.2cm (1 1/4in) high
£1,000 - 1,500 £600 - 800 £1,000 - 2,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000 HK$6,400 - 8,500 HK$11,000 - 21,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000 CNY5,300 - 7,100 CNY8,800 - 18,000
Provenance: A Scottish private collection. Provenance: formerly the collection of M.
Acquired by one of the current owner’s Leong, Melbourne, Australia.
ancestors employed by the East India
Company and British Army in India between According to the Anhui gazetteer Liu’An
1775 and 1880. Zhou Zhi (六安州志) dated to the 11th year
of the Tongzhi reign (corresponding to 1872),
Wu Song (dates unknown) is the artist’s
name for Nie Hualing, who is described in
the records as a scholar good at poetry and
prose, calligraphy and painting.

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