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A PAIR OF BAIFURONG SOAPSTONE SEALS ᤪ५ڐໞ䢰 䢱
BY ZHI CI‘AN FOR YE YIQUAN ჵ༐טⅮ⨱⯮♙⒰⮃㇌㘙ګːര䢰 Դ䢱
DATED RENWU CYCLICAL YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1942 AND OF
THE PERIOD ࣇᙔ厍㏨㠵 ຽヹ
Each seal is of square section, one incised to one side with the 㚒᪪厍೦ࢬӲᝲ卿ࣕ֎ᶴ ࣕהՂᶄӳ
inscription renwu san yue Ci'an fang Han (renwu year, third month,
᫉ཌࣇἃ㫌ߴഌჇᘒᄬ ἃ㏨㠵Ꮢߴǯ㜩ᝧ࣍ᅴ㢶Ⴋࣇ
Ci'an after Han style) and carved to the seal face with the name Ye
Yiquan, the other incised to one side with the inscription Ci'an bo ǯ⏁ᄓಳᝧ厍ǸⲖໃӲӬӬ⽚㐃ݥ㞖ǹ ᫉ἃ།⎏ᘘ⻦⤔⽚ǯ
zuo hu shang (by Zhi Ci'an in Shanghai) and carved to the seal face ㏨㠵卿ໃຽヹ卿᳖ថ㤯ᱡ༛ਦǮԋஇՆ㞖ഌℳḅㄌ ⎏୨
with two characters reading zi heng. Both stones are of beige-white ຽǯ᭄།ᚉங⋁ᛞ⣌ῩᝳՆ㞖᥉Ǯỉᯌ᥉Ǯ㕘㫬႙᥉Ǯ㢑㦜⯝ᾂỸ᥉Ǯ
colour with faint caramel streaks. ⯸㙛᥉Ǯỉᠫ᥉Ǯ⥡⢵᥉Ǯ㞖う᥉Ԭഌ㮴卿ᖸᝳӬ⎋അ།᥉卿ݯ㏱⊄
2¿ in. (5.4 cm.) high, 105g, box (2) ᧘㙤Ӭࢨഅⶃݦ㠤݉Ԡႜ卿ज㋵༛जᙄஇǯ㏨㠵ཐჺஙӳᱡ㍡ᝧ卿
੧ዴᙔໝ卿ݯἃݯ⪜㋇ⲖஇᘰჇ卿ᇖཎ᳅ई㇛ᰑᙔࢇᆴ㮮ǯ ჺݯ
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000 Տᘢ卿ձ⯝ݯՀড়㏨㞛ݬऱᘒᖒ᭄᥉ǯ ჺ㏨㠵ࠛ㗤ᮅề
The cyclical year of renwu corresponds to 1942 in the Republic period. 㐠㲬ౚ卿ᇖᏒℛߧᷪԋ⟏᪪ᙻᶄ㐟⧡☆՞ⱤஊᰑᏑ卿ㄴ♑ἃǸӳᱡആⱤ
The accomplished painter and carver Zhi Cian (1903-1974) from ஊǹǯ ჺ卿ຽヹཆ㘺ᄠ☆՞Ɽஊᒝ⢪ӳᱡ㝴ໝ㩴卿Ꮀ⛁ḅㄌ⫟⋹
Jiangsu was famous for his seal and bamboo carving, with some of his ⍛㱐㩴ǯ→ἃӳᱡႪ⫟☑㝴㩴ǯ
best known works found in bamboo fans and wrist rests.
ᘒᄬ卻 卼ल㌊卿ໃࢶឭ卿ᮅ⼖ॕ⥂卻ի⼖႔卼՞ǯ㧩ឆ༕
Ye Yiquan (n. d.) was the fourth son of the late-Qing business magnate ӳᱡ卿 ӽ⡕ ჺջߴ⛛Ⴁၓ㬖㯔㈍ǯᘒᄬ⻱ワ㙁㉸᳅࣡卿⬒ᝧ
Ye Chengzhong (1840-1899) who pioneered the hardware industry in
China. Ye Yiquan built the famous Jiangwan racecourse and used its ⊺卿ཝᖼ㞖⒢❨ߴǯߴ⛛ս⊺↚ݣ卿㌌ዪಗ卿᭯ካ㑪卿うᝧǮ⊺Ǯߴ
revenue to fund the construction of his mansion and garden complex ᙻӬ‐ǯ߉႙⠢⤤卿㌥୍ᝳᯧ卿⊺㬷⢙ᦔᙃࢵ㊽ǯ
that became known as the Ye Garden or the Shanghai Garden of the
Night, which he donated to the Shanghai Medical School in 1933. The
complex forms part of the Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital today. The
current seal is accompanied by a brocade box with a label on the cover
and an ink inscription with an inventory number on the base.
seal faces impressions
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