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A LARGE SOAPSTONE ‘HESHUO BAO QINWANG This seal is remarkable for its impressive size and quality of boxes, containing 16 seals, is still in Beijing; see Classics of the
BAO’ ‘DRAGON’ SEAL carving, with the dragons emerging and disappearing among Forbidden City. Imperial Seals of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,
QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD scrolling clouds in imitation of the Song style of painting Beijing, 2014, pl. 182. Another box of seals from this period,
dragons. The crisply carved characters on the seal face, signify acquired by Sakamoto Gorō in the 1960s, appears to be the
of generous proportions, superbly carved in varying levels its princely origin and rarity. only surviving set other than the Beijing example. Containing
of relief with five dragons emerging and disappearing amongst Hongli, the later Qianlong Emperor, was conferred the title another Bao Qinwang bao seal, the set was last sold in these
scrolling ruyi clouds, the seal face with a six-character of Prince Bao of the First Degree in the 11th year of the rooms, 3rd October 2018, lot 3205.
inscription reading Heshuo Bao Qinwang bao (‘Treasure of Yongzheng period (1732) and ascended the throne in the 13th Two Yongzheng princely soapstone seals, both similarly
Prince Bao of the First Degree’) year (1735) following the unexpected death of his father. As a carved in low relief with partially hidden dragons and double-
6.8 by 6.8 by h. 13.6 cm, 2⅝ by 2⅝ by h. 5⅜ in.
result, the princely title and the related eleven seals were used outlined clouds, are in the collection of the Palace Museum,
for no more than three years. According to Qianlong baosou Beijing, and illustrated in Imperial Seals of the Ming and Qing
PROVENANCE
[Catalogue of the Qianlong Emperor’s imperial seals] in the Dynasties, op.cit., pls 160 and 162. Similar scrolling clouds can
A French private collection, acquired in the early 20th century. collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, there was a total of also be found on a slightly taller Qianlong imperial Weijing weiyi
70 princely seals stored within 13 boxes at Shouhuangdian (‘be precise, be undivided’) soapstone seal decorated with a
HK$ 4,000,000-5,000,000 (Hall of Imperial Longevity), Jingshan. Only one of those continuous landscape scene of the Red Cliff, illustrated in ibid.,
US$ 520,000-650,000 pl. 187.
清雍正 壽山石雕雲龍紋鈕璽 Seal face
印文：和碩寶親王寶 印面

來源：
法國私人收藏，二十世紀初入藏

壽山石尺寸碩大，色彩斑駁，巧匠因材施藝，依天然
紋理，滿雕煙雲濔漫，巨龍奪霧而出，五龍在旁，時
隱時現，展宋代雲龍圖餘韻。印文曰「和碩寶親王
寶」，篆體工整俐落，彰顯皇家風範。

雍正十一年（1732年）四子弘曆獲賜「和碩寶親王」
之銜，到十三年（1735年）世宗驟然駕崩，弘曆御
極，因此親王之銜使用時間前後不過三年。據北京故
宮藏《乾隆寶藪》，弘曆繼位前用璽共七十方，分儲
十三匣存於景山壽皇殿內，當中以寶親王作印文者僅
共十一。北京故宮僅存一匣十六方寶親王寶組璽，見 Seal face
《故宮經典：明清帝后寶璽》，北京，2008年，圖版 印面
182。1960年代坂本五郎購得一匣三方，印文分別為「
寶親王寶」、「隨安室」及「長春居士」，在私人收
藏中絕無僅有，最近一回售於香港蘇富比2018年10月3
日，編號3205。
雕飾相類之壽山石印璽，清宮有藏，如康熙年間雍正
帝青宮時所用之雲龍紋「和碩雍親王寶」和「御賜朗
吟閣寶」璽，兩者尺寸均較大，滿飾雙鉤卷雲，游龍
或露或藏，同鐫篆文，見《明清帝后寶璽》，前述出
處，圖版160、162。類似卷雲紋，又見於乾隆壽山石雕
隨形赤壁圖「惟精惟一」璽，印面大小與此相若，但
此璽整體略高，圖版187。

Impression from Qianlong baosou
《乾隆寶藪》內之印文

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