Page 34 - 2020 Nov 30 Christie's Hong Kong Scholars Art Of China

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A SMALL TIANHUANG SEAL
LATE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The seal knob is carved with a phoenix on each side above a
four-character inscription on the platform, Juxian nigu, ‘Juxian
imitating antiquity’. The seal face is carved with a further four-
character poetic inscription.
1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.) wide, 14g
HK$80,000-120,000 US$11,000-16,000
Hu Jue (1840-1910), pseudonym Julin, was a late-Qing carver,
calligrapher and poet. He was able to work on a variety of different
materials including soapstones, bamboos, ivories and stones.

2812 晚清 田黃鳳鈕印（14克）
印文： 弎徑花香
邊款：匊厸擬古
胡钁（1840-1910），字菊鄰（匊厸），號老菊。晚清篆刻家，書法
家，收藏家，亦善刻竹木、石刻，曾為秋瑾墓刻碑。

2812 rubbing 2812 impression
拓印 印文

2813
A SMALL OVAL TIANHUANG SEAL
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The oval platform is surmounted by a finial in the form of a bird,
with a ten-character poetic inscription on one side followed
by a signature, Zhucha, with another two-character signature
Zhou Bin on the other side. The seal face is carved with a two-
character phrase, dusu, ‘pure and simple’ on the seal face.
1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) high, 14g

HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000
2813 (two views 兩面)
Zhucha is the pseudonym of Zhu Yizun (1629-1709), a scholar-official,
epigraphist and book collector during the Kangxi period. Zhou Bin,
pseudonym Shangjun, was a renowned carver of seal knobs, and is
thought to have worked during the Kangxi period.

清 田黃鳳鳥鈕印（14克）
印文：篤素
邊款：周彬 / 其質地潤以比君子之澤。竹垞
朱彜尊（1629-1709），字錫鬯，號竹垞，浙江嘉興人。明末清初政治
人物、詩人、經學家。周彬，字尚均， 福建漳浦人，擅長印鈕雕刻，相
傳曾為康熙朝宮廷御工，供奉內廷。 2813 seal face 2813 impression
印面 印文

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