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TWO SOAPSTONE SQUARE SEALS ᓒ᪺ ᤪ५ 㸺Ⅾ⊆૔൷⊆ګՊᑝ
LATE QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD, SIGNED QI BAISHI
(1863-1957) 㚒᪪厍
⎊⒢
The larger seal is surmounted by a finial carved with a Buddhist
lion with its head turned to one side and its paw placing on a
⎅Փݪᝲ卿⎊⒢ߒ⒢཰卿՗ⵖǯᏊᙔ❥ݩՃ厍Ǹ㫡៣㫡㇛ה
brocade ball, the sides are carved with a poetic inscription dated
⊺卿ӬណӬ⒢⎐ᝳ഍㑪ǯǹܥ⠌㙣㧩ᜀփ߿㐇卿ᝤ᎜ݎ১卿
to cyclical year gui hai (1923), above a seal face carved with
five characters reading qiang zuo feng ya ke. The smaller seal is սՀ㫡लⳞల卿 㧾սἃᯎᛓࣇǯ
surmounted by a finial carved with a crouching mythical beast, the ࣇᙔ厍
side is carved with the artist’s signature reading Bai Shi, above the Ὅד
seal face carved with two characters reading wu fo. Both stones are
ᆎה㰍㪿໾
of various shades of crimson red with light and dark inclusions.
4 ¬ and 3 ¿ in. (11.7 and 7.9 cm.) high, boxes ݦ⛌ࣇᙔமᘘ㢙ᙻǶ䁖⎊⒢❨ߴ㫀Ƿ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿㮰 ࣿ
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000 ǯݯǸὍדǹࣇऔᘘ㢙ᙻǶ㘆→ջ❨ߴल།⠢৅㚁 䁖⎊⒢
ࣇ㫀Ƿ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿㮰 ǯ
PROVENANCE
The present seals were carved by the renowned painter Qi Baishi
(1863-1957). Both seal faces’ inscriptions are recorded in Qi Baishi
zhuan ke ji (Collection of Seal Carvings by Qi Baishi), Beijing,
1997, pp. 192 and 310. The seal face inscription of the smaller seal
is further recorded in Jin xian dai zhuan ke ming jia jing pin xuan- Qi
Baishi yin ji (Selection of seal carvings by renowned modern and
contemporary artists), Beijing, 2000, p.7.

seal faces
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impressions
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