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3658 Seal face 印面
Seal impression 印文
AN INSCRIBED TIANHUANG SEAL
17TH CENTURY Rubbings 拓本

of square section, the facetted seal inscribed to two sides,
the seal face with a four-character inscription reading Fu shi
baocang (‘Treasured Collection of Fu’), the translucent stone
of a warm amber-honey colour
3 cm, 1¼ in.; 54.21 g.

HK$ 1,200,000-1,800,000
US$ 155,000-232,000

The present seal was made from tianhuang, which is a rare
type of soapstone originating from Fujian. Of square section,
with the knop resembling a mountain peak, the seal was
deliberately left undecorated to accentuate its warm yellow
tones shimmering with a lustrous sheen.

The side of the seal was incised by Xu Jun, zi Shudiao, hao
Xuecun, a native of Fujian province. He had an official title and
was active during the Kangxi and Yongzheng reigns.

The other side and the seal face bear an inscription dedicated
by Zhao Zhiqian to Fu Jiezi. Zhao Zhiqian (1829-44), previously
known zi Yifu, hao Lengjun, was later renamed zi Weishu,
a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang province and a renowned
calligrapher and seal carver during the Qing dynasty. Fu Jiezi,
originally known as Yiyu, zi Maochen, hao Jiezi, a native of
Shanyin, and later resided in Beijing, was a fond collector of
stone carving and seals. See another seal carved Daxing Fu
zhi (Fu from Daxing, today’s Beijing) on the seal face, also
dedicated by Zhao zhiqian to Fu Jiezi.

十七世紀 田黃「傅氏寶藏」方印
印文：傅氏寶藏

題識：
節子屬，撝叔。篆遂生刻。
閩中田石潤而光，古處都應染古香，好共鐫花華題小字，
第弎神女玉巵娘，雪村。

本品以福建壽山田黃刻製，色澤瑩潤，金黃透脂。方印頂
端呈山斗形，光素。

印側刻許均陽銘。許均，字叔調，號雪村。福建侯官人，
活躍於康雍兩朝。

另飾邊款及印文，乃趙之謙為傅節子所刻。趙之謙
（1829 -44年），初字益甫，號冷君；後改字撝叔。浙江
紹興人。乃清代著名書畫家及篆刻家。傅節子原名以豫，
字茂臣，號節子，以號行。原籍山陰，客寓北京。喜金
石，好集印。趙之謙曾為傅節子刻「大興傅氏」印。

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