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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM AN IDAHO PRIVATE A GROUP OF THIRTY TWO SEALS
COLLECTION COLLECTION
of various types, sizes, shapes, colors, and
TWO SOAPSTONE ‘MYTHICAL A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE materials, some with inscription and signed,
BEAST’ SEALS ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ SEAL signatures including Changshuo, Yanlin, Dingren,
SIGNED XINGZHAI MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD etc., together with a soapstone seal box and
cover (34)
the rst of square section, carved to the seal face of square section, surmounted by a recumbent Height of tallest 4 in., 10.2 cm
with six characters, signed Xingzhai and dated animal, its coiled body abstractly de ned by a
guiwei year; the second of oval section with a ten- few deeply carved marks, occasional striations $ 2,000-3,000
character seal face and signed Xingzhai, textile indicating fur, pierced under the body, with a
covers (2) four-character inscription reading Wang Yougong ⌘ᶨ䳬ᶱ⋩Ḵ㕡
Height of taller 2⅛ in., 5.4 cm yin (the seal of Wang Yougong) ˪㖴䡑˫˪䠗㜿˫˪ᶩṩ˫䫱㫦
Height 1¼ in., 3.1 cm
PROVENANCE ⍲ġ䞛⌘䙺
Collection of Scott Emerson (c. 1905-?), Winea PROVENANCE
Plantation, Georgetown, South Carolina. Acquired in San Francisco in the 1950s-1960s,
Acquired from the above in 1981, and thence by and thence by descent.
descent.
Wang Yougong (courtesy name: Zuqian), a native
$ 4,000-6,000 of Anhui province, was a government o cial in
Hubei during the Wanli period (1573-1620).
⢥Ⱉ䞛晽䐆䌠憽⌘ℑ㕡
$ 4,000-6,000
℞ᶨ柴嬀烉䘠㛒⅔ᶫ⋩⎇ア滳ἄ
℞Ḵ柴嬀烉ア滳ἄ 㖶叔㙮ġġġ曺䌱晽䐆䌠憽⌘

⌘㔯烉㰒㚱≇⌘

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