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AN INSCRIBED TIANHUANG SEAL BY HE KUNYU ᪺ڊ̐ˡ☹ αᒖἕט㷍♙⒰ᖎ㳀⒰⦫ګ䢰 Դ䢱
FOR LI HONGZHANG
ࣇᙔ厍ឪ㻜⛌ࣇ
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular seal is carved with an inscription in running 㚒᪪厍ཐⳙԋలഌ՞㟕᫈卿ᚲℱቯㅳ
script on the side with a dedicatory inscription to Shaoquan (Li
Hongzhang, 1823-1901) followed by a signature of Kunyu (He ϝᬝ
Kunyu, 1828-1896). The seal face is carved with a four-character Հࢦӽ⡕ថᇑᙻ⯠㞖ྒྷឪ㻜⛌ᇌ՞
inscription in seal script in intaglio reading, Li Hongzhang yin, ‘seal
ឪ㻜⛌ 卿ᇯभ⫐՞卿ໃཐⳙǮຽ䀕Ǯ᷉⊊卿⽚ܔऍǮ⏥ᇵ卿
of Li Hongzhang’.
՞♑ឪԋలǮឪڶ⏟卿 Ք♑भ⫐⏟இǯᛮ᳖㞒⯀ǯ᳂㕘ࠛᅤ⩢ক⢴Ⴤ卿
2…/”ÿ in. (5.2 cm.) high, 72g, box
ᰑ࡞㙛࡚⎏Ԗ㇝ཌྷ⩢ԠӬ卿ᅤ⛁Ի㇛ᅴᱡ㕘࢈ᰑ᭢Ⴧǯᚚទ㲛⏟֗
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-150,000 ࢷᙔݯἃഌ᳖ႽஇԋӬᝳ⬒⩫ज⯝ӽ⊤ߛᆎӬ…㧩⒜Ԡ՞ǯ㕇ᇌㄴ
◯എळ㍞ἃǸݻ㙁ℬ㿩ǹԠ՞ǯ㘤㐩ݯἃഎڶǮᛤӬ✙⪹ᬋؒǮ㋚ᙔ
PROVENANCE
ሉǯ
Acquired from the descendent of Li Hongzhang in San Francisco
at the end of the 20th century ᚲℱ卻 卼卿ᅓែ㵶㇝՞卿ໃ֬⇥卿᳖ջ❨ߴ།ǯᗌǶԋஇ
⧻ワ།՞ल㗧ݱǷ㖊厍Ǹ⠢ᫌ㿩ǯ❨ߴ᱆᰾卿ཝ᧱ᑃᆦ卿⯝ॕԋ
ឪ㢶㻜Ԇ♑ǯṡ⥂㪀լ◉།卿㐃ഞ៝⋕卿⪡ᚚᅓ卿㦷ߣཝ⠢ǯ㖩Ƕम
㞖䁗ऒ㠩ࣇ㍆Ƿǹǯ
seal face ࣇ㬷 impression ࣇᙔ
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