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collector
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A LARGE SOAPSTONE
SQUARE SEAL
The seal is carved on four sides with
archaistic kui scrolls, surmounted
by a finial carved in high relief with
intertwining chi dragons and their young.
The seal face is left plain.
4æ in. (12.3 cm.) wide, stand, box

HK$40,000-60,000
US$5,200-7,800

Literature:

Precious Treasures of My Humble House,
Taipei, 1988, p. 104, no. 3

壽山石龍紋方印

著錄：

《寒舍秘笈》，台北，1988 年，
104 頁，編號 3

the PROPERTy of an asian private
collector

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TWO CARVED SOAPSTONE
SEALS
Comprised of an amber-toned seal carved
in low relief with a continuous landscape
depicting dwellings nestled in wooded
mountains, the seal face carved with a
poetic inscription; and another irregularly-
shaped seal carved on one side with a scaly
ascending dragon pursuing a flaming pearl
on the other side, the seal face plain, the
stone with red, amber and white striations.
3Ω in. (9 cm.) high; 3¿ in. (8 cm.) high,
box (2)

HK$80,000-120,000
US$11,000-16,000

壽山石印兩方