QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

A rectangular soapstone seal with an incised signature of Yuxuan, modelled as a recumbent beast, from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, was included in the exhibition A Garland of Treasure: Masterpieces of Precious Crafts in the Museum Collection, Taipei, 2014, fig. III-44, p. 138. The modelling of the creature is also comparable to a rectangular seal carved with mythical beast and incised with the signature of Yuxuan, sold at Christie’s, Hong Kong, 6 October 2015, lot 236.