**AN IVORY SEAL AND A BAMBOO SEAL

18TH/19TH CENTURY

细节

**AN IVORY SEAL AND A BAMBOO SEAL
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The ivory seal carved on top with the free-standing figures of a scholar holding an offering tray, and a young stag, the base inscribed with twelve seal characters which may be read, Yangzhou Fang Dingrui Zizhi chai yin xin chang shou; the bamboo seal of rectangular form with the top left showing the natural growths of the rhizome, the base carved with a seal that may be read, hua niao duo qing
1 15/16 and 1 3/8 in. (4.9 and 3.5 cm.) high, box (2)

来源

Bamboo seal: R. Soame Jenyns Collection.
Spink & Son Ltd., London.

展览

Bamboo seal: London, Spink & Son Ltd., Bamboo & Wood Carvings of China and the East, 14 - 29 November 1979, pp. 80-1, no. 321.

拍品专文

The inscription on the ivory seal, Yangzhou Fang Dingrui Zizhi chai yin xin chang shou, refers to the artist, Fang Dingrui, from Yangzhou, whose artistic name is Zizhi, and makes reference to a wish for longevity.

The characters on the bamboo seal make reference to birds and flowers.