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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION 清雍正（印璽）

AN OUTSTANDING SET OF 清乾隆（蓋盒）乾隆帝御寶昌化

THREE QIANLONG PRINCELY 石與田黄組璽三件
SOAPSTONE SEALS WITH A 印文：寶親王寶、隨安室、長春

FITTED ZITAN BOX 居士
THE SEALS: QING DYNASTY, 來源：
坂本五郎購於巴黎，約1960年代
YONGZHENG PERIOD 香港佳士得1998年11月3日，編號1077
THE BOX: QING DYNASTY, 香港蘇富比2003年10月26日，編號26

QIANLONG PERIOD

the first a square seal of a dark grey soapstone, the seal face
carved with a four-character inscription reading Changchun
Jushi (‘The scholar of everlasting Spring’), the second of oval
form of a tianhuang stone, carved with a three-character
inscription reading Suianshi (‘Studio for following peace’), the
third a rectangular seal of a rich tianhuang stone, carved with
the characters Bao Qinwang bao (‘Treasure of Prince Bao of
the First Degree’), the fitted zitan box with three red silk-lined
cavities and a repeated motif diaper-ground brocade, the top
of the gold-flecked zitan cover gilt-inscribed with the three
seal inscriptions in regular script, the interior with matching
red silk lining
left 6.5 by 2.2 by 2.2 cm, 2½ by ⅞ by ⅞ in.
middle 6.2 by 2.9 by 1.9 cm, 2⅜ by 1⅛ by ¾ in., 71.1 gr.
right 5.7 by 2.2 by 2 cm, 2¼ by ⅞ by ¾ in., 65.3 gr.
box 8.7 by 10.2 by 5.6 cm, 3⅜ by 4 by 2¼ in.
PROVENANCE
Purchased by Sakamoto Gorō in Paris, circa 1960s.
Christie’s Hong Kong, 3rd November 1998, Lot 1077.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26th October 2003, lot 26.

HK$ 40,000,000-60,000,000
US$ 5,100,000-7,650,000

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