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PROPERTY FROM THE STUDIO OF TEN OBSESSIONS
ډ⅕㸺Ὂⳉ
2810
A TIANHUANG ‘MYTHICAL ANIMAL’ OVAL SEAL
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The seal is surmounted by a finial in the form of a single bifurcated horned recumbent
mythical beast with backward-turned head. The seal face is carved in intaglio with a
four-character poetic inscription, diedang wenshi, taken from Jiang Yan’s poem. The
stone is of caramel tone.
1 in. (3.9 cm.) long, 35g
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-38,000
᪺ 㷍㢰Ήἅ㖳៰९ګ Դ
seal face impression
ࣇᙔ厍㒊ᙔट ࣇ㬷 ࣇᙔ
ࣇᙔᴹ⯇Ƕᙔ㚁ĤᮅĤቪ㐋Ƿ卿ᆨ༏リἃᘞ⥍Ӷᑈǯ
(two views ݦ㬷)
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