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AN IMPERIAL SOAPSTONE ‘MYTHICAL 清嘉慶 御製壽山石獅鈕方璽
BEAST AND CUB’ SEAL 印文：毓慶宮寶
QING DYNASTY, JIAQING PERIOD
of square section, the finial skilfully carved in the round as
a ferocious mythical beast with its head turned to its right,
its young rendered clambering on its back, each beast finely
detailed with a prominent snout below a neatly incised
swept-back mane, the seal face carved with four characters
reading Yuqing gong bao (‘Treasure of the Hall of Celebrating
Cultivation’), the stone of a milky-white colour mottled with
grey inclusions
4.8 cm, 1⅞ in.
HK$ 1,500,000-2,000,000
US$ 192,000-255,000

Seal face
印面

Seal impression
印文

Seal impression from the Jiaqing Baosou
《嘉慶寶藪》內之印文

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