AN INSCRIBED TIANHUANG SEAL CARVED BY WANG SHISHEN FOR MA YUELU
AN INSCRIBED TIANHUANG SEAL CARVED BY WANG SHISHEN FOR MA YUELU
AN INSCRIBED TIANHUANG SEAL CARVED BY WANG SHISHEN FOR MA YUELU
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AN INSCRIBED TIANHUANG SEAL CARVED BY WANG SHISHEN FOR MA YUELU

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN INSCRIBED TIANHUANG SEAL CARVED BY WANG SHISHEN FOR MA YUELU
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The rectangular seal is incised with a four-character inscription in running script on one of the vertical sides indicating that this was carved by Wang Shishen (1686-1759) for Ma Yuelu (1701-1761), with another lengthier inscription in standard script on the other side signed Wang Jimen (1872-1943). The seal face is carved with a four-character inscription in intaglio reading, Ma Yuelu yin, ‘Seal of Ma Yuelu’.
1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high, 59g, box
Provenance
Sonota Kojyou (1886-1968), Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Literature
Zhongguo shuhuajia yinjian kuanshi, Beijing, 1987, p. 710, fig. 10
Zhongguo cangjia yinjian, Shanghai, 1997, p. 100
Zhongguo lidai yifeng xilie Qingdai huizong yinfeng, vol. 1, Chongqing, 1992, p. 182
Ming Qing zhuming cangshujia cangshuyin, Beijing, 2000, p. 99

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