QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

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AN INSCRIBED AND SIGNED SOAPSTONE SEAL
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The seal is of square section with a rounded, slightly irregular top, and the stone is of beige colour with darker brown striations. One narrow side is incised with the characters Mansheng zuo, and another side carved with two characters, shi yi. The seal face is carved with a two-character seal, Yeyun.
1 7/8 in. (4.6 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Ding Fuzhi (1879-1949), accomplished seal carver, painter and collector of seals, who helped publish the seal rubbing catalogue Dingchou jieyu yincun in 1937
The Shugetsusai Collection, Japan, acquired in 1996

Literature

Dingchou jieyu yincun, vol. 6, China, 1937, p.46
Chugoku Tenkoku Zoukan, vol. 16, Japan, 1982, p.193
Choukakuro Seireihakka Inzonkou, Japan, 2003, p.19

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Lot Essay

The signature Mansheng on the seal refers to Chen Mansheng (1768-1822), a renowned seal carver and designer of Yixing teapots. The inscription on the seal face, Yeyun, is the style name of Zhu Henian (1760-1834), an accomplished painter active from the Qianlong to Daoguang period.

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