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signature 邊款

seal face 印面

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A TIANHUANG SEAL MADE FOR WU RENZHI 民國 趙叔孺刻林清卿薄意田黃石吳任之用印（135.3克）
SIGNED ZHAO SHURU, REPUBLIC PERIOD
印文：吳印任之
The irregularly shaped boulder is carved in low relief with a 邊款：叔孺
continuous landscape scene depicting a scholar reclining in a
thatched hut, nestled in a bamboo grove emerging from jagged 從印匣題籤可知，此印為薄意大師林清卿所刻田黃凍石，印面主人為福
rocks. One side is incised with the signature Shuru. The seal face is 建連江人吳適。吳適（1878-1958），字任之，同盟會會員，民國初年
carved with the characters Wu yin Renzhi, ‘the seal of Wu Renzhi’. 曾任福建都督府鹽政監督、總統府孫中山秘書、北伐軍大本營十一路司
2 Ω in. (6.5 cm.) high, 135.3 g, original fitted brocade box 令、福建自治軍第五路司令、福建第一警備司令，1925年孫中山逝世
後，吳適隱居烏石山賣畫自給。1949年後任福建省文史館館員、福建省
HK$600,000-800,000 US$77,000-100,000 第一屆政協委員、福建國畫會名譽會長。查閱史料發現，吳任之實為林
According to the label on the original fitted box, the low relief carving 清卿藝事突飛猛進的大貴人。因吳氏引見，林清卿方有機會得入陳寶琛
on the current seal, known as boyi technique, was executed by the 府當秀工，螺江陳府收藏極富，使之眼界大開，故在陳府創作了大量的
master Lin Qingqing. The signature on the side, Shuru, refers to Zhao 精品傑作，由此譽滿榕城。
Shuru (1874-1945), an esteemed seal carver from the Zhejiang area,
active during the Republic period. The seal face indicates that the 趙叔孺（1874-1945），浙江鄞縣（今浙江寧波）人。原名潤祥，字獻
owner of this seal was Wu Renzhi (1878-1958), also known as Wu Shi, a
politician who once served as the secretary to Dr. Sun Yat Sen. 忱、叔孺，後易名時棢，號紉萇，晚年自號二弩老人，清末諸生，曾任
福建同知。篆刻兼浙皖兩派之長，得前輩趙之謙的精髓，又精研古金石
學，另成一家，營造出典麗恬靜的氣象，時人推崇其為二百年來第一。
民國後期，隱居上海。

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