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               A PAIR OF BAIFURONG SOAPSTONE SEALS               ᤪ५૊ڐໞ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ߴഌჇᘒ጑ᄬ             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ഌℳ⶟ḅㄌ             ⎏୨
               with two characters reading zi heng. Both stones are of beige-white   ຽǯ⶟᭄།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ݬऱᘒᖒ⶟᭄֐᥉ǯ     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.
                                                                 ᘒ጑ᄬ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㈍ǯᘒ጑ᄬ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⢙ᦔ໭ᙃࢵ㊽ǯ
               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.















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