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A GROUP OF FOURTEEN SOAPSTONE
SEALS
19TH / 20TH CENTURY

carved in shoushan and qingtian stones, of various shapes,
sizes, and colors, comprising nine leisure seals, four name
seals, and one with a plain seal face (14)
Height of tallest 1⅞ in., 4.9 cm

$ 2,000-3,000

⋩ḅġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ⢥Ⱉ䞛⍲曺䓘䞛⌘䪈ᶨ䳬⋩⚃㕡
˪⏃昞˫˪ⷓ㚦˫˪叱凇˫˪⢢佩˫˪侩幓˫˪奢
⇅˫˪ヂ匲˫㫦
⌘㔯烉
攺㬍剙䓼ġ㽡䃞㚦⬰ġᶨ⭌冒⧃ġ䦳⢥㗍⌘ġ浜⹝ġ
ẍ⧃娑⽫ġ⬓῱㜙⌘ġ㰒┇㖶⌘ġ䛇ˎょ㶭ġ䑏䧶䇞ġ
䞛喍䮫ġ㗍㿐ġ㔅ⷂġ昛

1262

A LARGE YELLOW SOAPSTONE SEAL
20TH CENTURY

of rectangular form, carved to one side in the boyi style with a
landscape of trees, pavilions and rockwork, the seal face with
four characters reading jie shanshuiyuan (the mountain and
water became one’s destiny)
Height 4¾ in., 12 cm

PROVENANCE

Pao & Moltke, Toronto.

$ 1,000-1,500

Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ⢥Ⱉ䞛晽唬シⰙ㯜⚾攺䪈
⌘㔯烉
䳸Ⱉ㯜䶋

1263

A BLACK STONE SEAL, SIGNED WEN PENG
LATE QING DYNASTY / REPUBLIC PERIOD

possibly meigen stone, the seal face carved in baiwen with
seven characters reading shujuan mochi qingsuoshi (the mind
residing in books and ink), repeated in running script on one
side, followed by a two-character signature Sanqiao, the other
side with an inscription reading Jiajing suizai yiwei huangzhong
jiwang (sixteenth day of the eleventh month, yiwei year,
Jiajing), one plain side with a small drilled hole
Height 3¼ in., 8.3 cm

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PROVENANCE

Collection of an American Northeastern private collector,
acquired between the 1950s and 1960s (by repute).

See catalogue note at .

$ 2,500-3,500

㶭㛓ġİġ㮹⚳ġġġ湹䞛攺䪈

⌘㔯烉
㚠⌟⡐㰈ね㇨怑

柴嬀烉
㚠⌟⡐㰈ね㇨怑ġᶱ㧳
▱曾㬚⛐ḁ㛒湫揀㖊㛃

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