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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE GERARD ARNHOLD
956
A SET OF THREE SPINACH-GREEN JADE SEALS
LATE QING DYNASTY
Each seal is fnely carved with a forward-facing, crouching dragon
guarding a faming pearl amidst clouds. The seal faces reads
Yichuntang (Hall of Ever-present Spring), bi er jian gu (may you
have blessings and wealth), and wei chun zhi qi (blessings from Spring)
respectively. The stone is of mottled green color with some black
inclusions.
The two square seals 2¡ in. (6 cm.) high; the rectangular seal 2º in.
(5.7 cm.) high (3)

$25,000-35,000

PROVENANCE
John Sparks, Ltd., London.
The Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010) Collection, São Paolo.

Sets of three seals, such as the present set, carved from the same
material and in a similar style, with one bearing the name of a palace
or a hall, and the other two carved with phrases taken from classical
works or poems, were popular at the Qing imperial court.

Yichuntang, which is carved on the face of the smallest seal in the
Prince Qing, Yi Kuang (1838-1917)
present set, is the name of the hall where Prince Qing, Yikuang 奕
劻(1838-1917) lived in his residential compound 慶王府 in Beijing.
Yikuang’s grandfather, Yonglin 永璘, was the seventeenth son of
Emperor Qianlong, and the frst in line in the Prince Qing peerage.
Yikuang served many posts at the Court, including the frst Prime
Minister of the Imperial Cabinet 內閣總理大臣, before the fall of
Qing dynasty in the same year.
清十九世紀 碧玉雕龍鈕小璽一組三件
印文：宜春堂 俾爾戩穀 惟春之褀

(impressions)

64 FINE CHINESE JADE CARVINGS from Private Collections