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AN IMPERIAL SOAPSTONE SEAL
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The seal is smoothly polished with four plain sides with the seal face carved in intaglio
with a four-character inscription, Yuju zhengjian, ‘in agreement with Su Shi’.
2æ in. (7 cm.) high, 237g, box
HK$1,500,000-2,500,000 US$200,000-320,000
PROVENANCE
Ye Yiquan, Shanghai, early 20th century
seal face ࣇ㬷
LITERATURE
Qingdai dihou xiyin pu (An Album of Impressions of the Qing Dynasty Rulers and
Empresses’ seals), Beijing, 2005, vol. 5, Qianlong-1, p. 21 (fig. 1)
Qingdai dihou xiyin pu (An Album of Impressions of the Qing Dynasty Rulers and
Empresses’ seals), Beijing, 2005, vol. 8, Jiaqing-1, p. 29
Qingdai dihou xiyin pu (An Album of Impressions of the Qing Dynasty Rulers and
Empresses’ seals), Beijing, 2005, vol. 10, Daoguang-1, p. 37

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Ƕ᳖ջႽळ∵ࣇ㍆Ƿ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿✄ࢦݺ卿㙣ݏ࣍Ӭ卿㮰

fig. 1
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inscription on box
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