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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 635

AN EXCEPTI ONALLY RARE IMPE RIAL TANXIANGMU SEAL, LATE QING DYNASTY
Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IMPERIAL TANXIANGMU SEAL
LATE QING DYNASTY
清末 檀香木雕交龍鈕方璽

of square section, surmounted by a pair of addorsed dragons among clouds, each powerful creature boldly carved with bulging
eyes and flaring nostrils above long whiskers, the mouth open to reveal sharp fangs, two horns extending back over its head along
a combed mane with incised details, the two scaly bodies tightly intertwined and crouching, pierced through the center with an
aperture threaded with a yellow silk cord terminating in knotted tassels, the seal face deeply carved in baiwen style with four
characters reading xieci yuanchun (in celebration of the New Year)

璽文：
協此元春

Height 5⅜ in., 13.8 cm; Width 7⅜ in., 18.7 cm; Depth 7⅜ in., 18.7 cm

Provenance
Collection of Max Meincke, acquired in Beijing circa 1900, and thence by descent.

來源
Max Meincke 收藏，約1900年得於北京，此後家族傳承

Catalogue Note

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/important-chinese-art?locale=en 202/435