Lot Essay
According to the inscriptions, the present set of seals was made for Prince Ding, Aisin-Gioro Mian‘en (1747-1822), the second son of Yonghuang, who was the eldest son of the Qianlong Emperor.
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PROPERTY FROM THE HOSOKAWA FAMILY COLLECTION
A SET OF FIVE CHICKEN BLOOD SOAPSTONE SEALS FOR PRINCE DING
DATED TO THE JIAQING 18TH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1813 AND OF THE PERIOD
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A SET OF FIVE CHICKEN BLOOD SOAPSTONE SEALS FOR PRINCE DING
DATED TO THE JIAQING 18TH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1813 AND OF THE PERIOD
The set comprises a pair of inscribed seals, one dated to the summer of kuiyou cyclical year (1813), with a four-character seal impression reading Ding qinwang bao, ‘Treasure of the Prince Ding’, the other bearing a signature of Guang Guiting, an official during the Jiaqing period, with a four-character seal inscription reading xuezhi buzu; a seal with inscriptions on both sides of the seal faces, one reading yishou laoren, the other reading xuezhi buzu; a rectangular seal with a four-character inscription reading Ding qinwang bao; and a rectangular seal with an irregularly-shaped top and a seven-character seal inscription wuyishiqiemowangwei.
Largest: 4 13⁄16 in. (12.2 cm.) high, burlwood box
DATED TO THE JIAQING 18TH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1813 AND OF THE PERIOD
The set comprises a pair of inscribed seals, one dated to the summer of kuiyou cyclical year (1813), with a four-character seal impression reading Ding qinwang bao, ‘Treasure of the Prince Ding’, the other bearing a signature of Guang Guiting, an official during the Jiaqing period, with a four-character seal inscription reading xuezhi buzu; a seal with inscriptions on both sides of the seal faces, one reading yishou laoren, the other reading xuezhi buzu; a rectangular seal with a four-character inscription reading Ding qinwang bao; and a rectangular seal with an irregularly-shaped top and a seven-character seal inscription wuyishiqiemowangwei.
Largest: 4 13⁄16 in. (12.2 cm.) high, burlwood box
Literature
Hosokawa Morisada, Ittokutoku, 1982, no. 9-I
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