SIGNED WU CHANGSHUO, DATED GUANGXU CYCLICAL WUZI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1888 AND OF THE PERIOD

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A PAIR OF INSCRIBED SOAPSTONE SEALS WITH TORTOISE-FORM FINIALS
SIGNED WU CHANGSHUO, DATED GUANGXU CYCLICAL WUZI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1888 AND OF THE PERIOD
Both columnar seals are surmounted by a tortoise-form finial, one bears with an inscription on a vertical side incorporating the date and a signature, Kutie, the pseudonym of Wu Changshuo, and a four-character inscription on the seal face, Xinzhao siyin, ‘personal seal of Xinzhao’. The seal face of the other is carved in relief with a two-character inscription, Zhongmian, the pseudonym of Gong Xinzhao.
1 7/8 in. (4.9 cm.) high

Provenance

Kaiankyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Literature

Ed. Takamine, Kaiankyo, a stitched-bound 3-volume anthology of the seal collection of Takashima Kikujiro, printed with the support of Daito Bunka University, Tokyo, 2008

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Lot Essay

Gong Xinzhao (1870-1949) was a late Qing dynasty scholar-official, diplomat and an important collector of Chinese paintings and works of art. The majority of Gong’s collection was donated by his descendants to the Shanghai municipal in 1960 and are now in the collection of the Shanghai Museum.

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