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THE PROPERTY OF MARCHANT, EST. 1925

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A WHITE JADE SEAL Wei Gang was most likely an oficial during the Qing dynasty, although
QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820) he does not appear to have been recorded in oficial records. Personal
The square block is carved on top with a mythical beast shown in a recumbent seals, such as the present example, would have been a prized possession
position with head turned backwards, and detailed with a fnely incised mane, of a scholar or public servant, and most likely kept on his desk with other
hoofed feet, a knobby backbone and long tail ficked up onto the left rear haunch. appropriate objects for the educated man, such as brushes, brush rests,
The seal face is carved with the characters chen Wei Gang yin (the seal of the brush pots and inkstones. Related jade seals with Buddhist lion fnials
imperial subject Wei Gang). The stone is of pale greenish-white tone with some include the example from the collection of H.K.F.Hui, illustrated in Virtuous
white markings. Treasures: Chinese Jade for the Scholar’s Table, Hong Kong, 2007, p. 212, no.
136, and another example illustrated by T. Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The
2¿ in. (5.4 cm.) high
Songzhutang Collection of Jade, Hong Kong, 2011, p. 132, no. 112.
$30,000-50,000 清乾隆/嘉慶 白玉瑞獸鈕章 印文：臣維剛印

PROVENANCE
Private collection, England, formed in the 1950s.
EXHIBITED
London, Marchant, Ninety Jades for 90 Years, November 2015.
LITERATURE
Marchant, Ninety Jades for 90 Years, London, 2015, p. 35, no. 15.

(seal face) (seal impression)

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