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TWO SOAPSTONE SQUARE SEALS MADE FOR ᤪ५ ᕸഭːט㭚൷֍⊆㷍㇝ⵓګՊᑝ
HUANG BINHONG
ࣇᙔ厍㿩㐏ࣇؼ厎㚒᪪厍㏘Ꮀ
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)
One seal is incised to the top with the signature reading ࣇᙔ厍Ṣ⽯厎㚒᪪厍ཉӬ
‘Guancheng’, the pseudonym of of Zhu Zunyi, above the seal face
បཉӬ卻 卼卿ࣽल㏘Ꮀ卿ໃὍ⊧卿ᇯᱱ⥂՞ǯ
reading ‘Huang Zhi yinxin’. The other seal also bears a signature
on the top, reading ‘Zunyi’, and the seal face reading ‘Bin Hong’. ᝪǶᇯⰄǷ▘⤔㖩ǯᇌ⨶ᝧᯧᛞ卿ࣽᇑ㿩㏹⽯ࣿॕᚸ
Each: ¬ in. (1.8 cm.) square, box (2) ┣✙՞ᑨ㿽ǯ᫉ݦᙹࣇἃបཉӬἃ㿩㏹⽯卻 卼Ꮢ
ߴǯ㿩㏹⽯卿ल㐏卿ໃ᧥ໄǮ᧥՞卿ߣ⽚ԽशǮ⽯ᅙǮ⽯ऍ卿
HK$120,000-150,000 US$16,000-19,000
ԋჺᝤ⽚㏹⽯卿ἃԋஇ㘆ջⶬल⎏ྒྷ᭢⊺⊺།卿ս⊇ὑಳ
The two seals were made for Huang Binhong (1864-1955) by কḼಳⶬ♑ǯ
the renowned calligrapher and seal carver Zhu Zunyi (1891-
1971), who was active in the cultural circles in Shanghai. ⮐㙽
ӳᱡࢷ⁒㱦⤔卿Ƕԋஇᝧ⊺།ࣇ㦷᪪㍃Ƿ卿Ӵݺ卿ӳᱡ卿
Huang Binhong, a painter, one of Zhu’s contemporaries, is
considered to be one of the last innovators of the literati style ჺ卿㮰 卿✄ ࣿ
of painting. His landscapes emphasised form-likeness and 㜇ᚺ卿Ƕ㘆→ջल།ᝧ⊺㦶Ƿ卿ӳᱡ卿 ჺ卿㮰
creative innovation through the sincere study of nature and Ղ㙄Ꮀ⤔卿Ƕ㘆⎋ჺᝧ⊺ल՞ࣇ㦷Ƿ卿࢈卿 ჺ卿㮰
true appreciation of ancient masters. ࣿ
⏑㖓⪛卿Ƕ㘆→ջᝧ⊺།᪪ࣇ⣐Ƿ卿Ӵݺ卿ӳᱡ卿
LITERATURE
Shanghai Museum, Zhongguo shuhuajia yinjian kuanshi [Seals ჺ卿㮰
and Signatures of Chinese Painters and Calligraphers], vol. 2, បཉӬ 卿ࣽल㏘Ꮀ卿୨ࢦᇌໃὍ⊧卿⽚ऒዳǮ㧩
Shanghai, 1987, p. 1157, nos. 35 and 36
ݩ卿ߣ⧤⏻ӬǮ⏻㙐Ǯ㌴⎽Ǯ᫈ᅰǮ❟ԽǮᝩ卿䁗ल೧ኇༀǯ
Deng Ming, Jinxiandai mingjia shuhua pinjian [Connoisseurship of
Modern and Contemporary Paintings and Calligraphy], Beijing, ᇯᱱ⥂㿩⊏՞ǯᝪǶᇯⰄǷ▘⤔㖩ǯ୬۔⢴Ǯ᳅࣡⎏
2001, pp. 162 and 166. 㛮㊺Ԡካকᚉዪ㍃卿ײݯஙᶄឆ㧿ᇑߪഅׅᇯ⟐㛮㐇ক߿㖤
Yu Liancheng ed., Jinbainian shuhua mingren yinjian [Seal Prints of ᝧ⊺།ൈ㿩㏹⽯ࣿॕᚸ┣✙՞⎏ᓽᘁǯ㿩㏹⽯卿ल㐏卿ໃ᧥ໄǮ
Chinese Painters and Calligraphers over a Century], 2001, pp. 162 ᧥՞卿ߣ⽚ԽशǮ⽯ᅙǮ⽯ऍ卿ԋჺᝤ⽚㏹⽯卿ἃԋஇ㘆ջⶬ
and 166 ल⎏ྒྷ᭢ᝧ⊺།卿ս⊇ὑಳকḼಳⶬ♑ǯបཉӬ⯝㿩㏹⽯ظ
Lu Fusheng, Jinxiandai shuhuajia kuanyin zonghui [Seal Plate
ᑥԻᙇࢦჺካ㊺卿㿩㏹⽯⊇⎏ࣇԋᝳᙇ։⊐ݯᏒㅳ卿ൈǸ㿩
Collection of Modern and Contemporary Painters and
㏹⽯ǹǮǸ㿩㏹⽯ࣇǹݦ㬷ࣇǮប⎊⏟㧿ࣇǸ㿩㏹ݩǹ✙ǯ᫉
Calligraphers], vol. 2, 2002, pp. 777-778
ݦᙹࣇ卿Ք⊐បཉӬἃ㿩㏹⽯ Ꮢߴ卿㝘᫈ऒ㪿ǯ
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