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A PAIR OF YELLOW-GLAZED PORCELAIN SEALS PROVENANCE
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908) Wu Guangxin (1881-1939) Collection.
Michael Kaynes Collection, Hong Kong.
The top of each seal is modeled in the form of a Buddhist lion seated
Fusako, Shimizu, London, June 2003.
on its haunches. The base of one seal reads ‘zi tang’, and the other reads
J.J. Lally & Co., New York.
‘Wu Guangxin yin’ (the seal of Wu Guangxin).
4¿ in. (10.5 cm.) high, cloth box EXHIBITED
(2) Fu Ping Shan Museum, The University of Hong Kong, 16 March-18 April 1978.
$7,000-9,000 Wu Guangxin (1881-1939) was a General in the Anhui military clique in the
Beiyang army and also served as the Military and Civil governor of Hunan.
He was the brother-in-law of Beiyang army commander and state premier
Duan Qirui (1865-1936).
清光緒 黃釉獅鈕印一對

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