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ANOTHER PROPERTY PROVENANCE

396 From the collection of Winston and Cornelia Guest of
A COLLECTION OF SEVEN WHITE JADE SEALS Templeton, USA, then by descent.
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The seals read: Wang yuebo (an artist’s seal); Fan Guanglin
The group comprises: a half-moon shaped seal carved with a (a personal seal); Xin Fu (a person’s name or given name); a
protective seal; gu xing gao zhao (auspicious star shining high
tree shrew; a square seal surmounted with a deer, with a small above); Shi Jie (a personal seal); and shuai zhen (sincerity and
honesty).
russet area to the head; a round seal with an openwork curled
清十八/十九世紀 白玉印一組七件
dragon; an oval seal carved with a Buddhist lion holding a lingzhi
來源：美國 Winston 及 Cornelia Guest 珍藏，其家族珍藏
sprig; a rectangular seal surmounted with a crouching Buddhist 至今

lion with bifurcated tail; a square seal carved with a curled

chilong; and a rectangular seal carved with a squirrel.

The largest, 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high (7)

£5,000-6,000 $6,300-7,500
€5,800-6,900

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A SMALL WHITE AND DARK BROWN JADE ‘DRAGON’
SEAL
17TH CENTURY

The square seal is surmounted by a carved chilong dragon. The
stone is of a creamy-white tone with mottled brown inclusions
and striations.
1¿ in. (2.9 cm.) high

£2,000-4,000 $2,600-5,000

€2,400-4,600

十七世紀 灰玉龍紋印

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