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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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AN IMPERIAL SOAPSTONE SEAL
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The columnar seal is of irregular natural form, and the seal face is carved with three
characters reading yi qing fen (to learn the noble virtues of others).
1 ¬ in. (4.1 cm.) high
seal face
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-77,000 ࣇ㬷
According to the Qing Imperial Archives, the Qianlong Emperor had written two
draft examples of calligraphy using the same three-character inscription in 1752 and
1754, thus it is very likely the present seal was made around this time and used as a
personal seal by the Emperor. According to the Shiqu Baoji (Catalogue of the Qing
Imperial Collection), a calligraphy by Qianlong titled Yu lin Mi Fu ti Lin Bu meihua shi
tie bears the yi qing fen seal impression. The seal impression is also included in Qing
dai di hou xi yin ji cheng (The Qing Dynasty Emperor's and Empress’ Seals)- vol. 2, impression
Qianlong period, Beijing, 2005, p. 88 (fig. 1). ࣇᙔ

᪺̗㡳 ྽ᨄ⊆Ǹቫ᪺⩃ǹګ
ࣇᙔ厍ᒇ᳖ⱟ
ࣇᙔǸᒇ᳖ⱟǹ㍖ἃໝ⨶ձ՞㵶ᷛԠᇪሻ卿ἃԳ㪏⎑ႽԠ㦶⻦⊇ࣇǯ᳖༈᰻㈷ᨯ㖊ᝳ
Գ㪏⎑Ⴝᇙ✖໿⡮Ǹᒇ᳖ⱟǹࢣᙔݦᆌ⎏⡕㢙卿ӬᙻԳ㪏ࢦӮჺ卻 ჺ卼Նᝲࢦݨ fig.1 Impression of the current seal included
ᚚ卿औᙻԳ㪏ࢦԬჺ卻 ჺ卼ӲᝲՀࢦԬᚚǯᡜᗌԳ㪏ݤᄙᏒ⤔Ƕ⒢᳡༾⛦ǷԠ⡕ in Qing dai di hou xi yin ji cheng, p. 88.
எӬ Ƕ᳖ջႽळ∵ࣇ㫀Ꮀ ՀǷ✄ 㮰Ꮢ㖊
㢙卿᫉ࣇ㉃㟥ࣇᙻǶᇙ⯅⟬Ɒ㯪៣㘯ᢐⱤ㉼ႷǷӬ⊺ǯ᫉ࣇᙔՔᘘ㢙ᙻǶ᳖ջႽळ∵ ᫉ࣇࣇᙔ
ࣇ㫀Ꮀ ՀǷ卿Գ㪏❩卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿✄ 㮰ǯ卻ॲː卼

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