Lot Essay
One seal face is carved with a four-character inscription reading Gong qinwang yin, 'seal of Prince Kung', and the other is carved with Gong wangfu yong, 'For Prince Kung's mansion'.
The inscription on the underside of the cover of the box, reads bingzi xiari songzhuang aicang, 'collected preciously by Songzhuang [studio name of Mori Rinbei], summer of 1935'.
The inscription on the underside of the cover of the box, reads bingzi xiari songzhuang aicang, 'collected preciously by Songzhuang [studio name of Mori Rinbei], summer of 1935'.