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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A MASSIVE IMPERIAL

KHOTAN-GREEN JADE
‘DRAGON’ SEAL

QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG
PERIOD

the substantial stone well worked of square section,
surmounted by a superbly carved pair of addorsed dragons,
each powerfully rendered with piercing eyes and nostrils
flaring above curling whiskers and jaws revealing sharp fangs, Seal Face
印面
the scales and flowing mane meticulously incised, the two
scaly bodies depicted tightly intertwined and crouching on
the haunches, pierced through the centre with an aperture,
the square seal face crisply worked with a broad border
enclosing a six-character inscription in seal script reading
Xiyuan Qinzhengdian bao (‘Treasure of the Hall of Diligent
Government in the West Garden’), the stone of dark moss-
green colour with natural veining
12.7 by 12.7 cm, 5 by 5 in.
PROVENANCE
An American private collection.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th October 2009, lot 1653.

HK$ 30,000,000-40,000,000
US$ 3,830,000-5,100,000

清乾隆 御製和闐青玉交龍鈕璽
Seal Impression
印文：西苑勤政殿寶 印文

來源：
美國私人收藏
香港蘇富比2009年10月8日，編號1653

Impression from the Qianlong baosou
《乾隆寶藪》內頁

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