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A PAIR OF SOAPSTONE ‘QILIN’ SQUARE SEALS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each square columnar seal is surmounted by a recumbent qilin, and
carved on the seal face with a five-character inscription taken from
Zhang Heng’s Guitian fu, ‘Return to the Field’.
2 ¡ in. (6.1 cm.) square (2)
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-160,000
清康熙 壽山石麒麟鈕對章 seal faces
印面
印文：彈五弦之妙指；詠周孔之圖書
seal impressions
此對章印面 6.1 公分見方，通高 5.4 公分。一印文為朱文「彈五弦之妙 印文
指」，另一為白文「詠周孔之圖書」，出自東漢張衡《歸田賦》。麒麟
的肌理刻劃清晰，體態豐腴，神情栩栩如生，體現出清初印石雕刻極高
的工藝水平。
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