QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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A TIANHUANG SQUARE SEAL
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The square seal is inscribed to two sides, one with a twenty-eight character poetic inscription signed Xuecun, the other with a nine-character inscription. The seal face is carved in relief with a four-character inscription, Fu shi baocang, 'Treasured collection of Fu. The translucent stone has a warm amber-honey colour with characteristic ‘radish veining’.
1 ¼ in. (3 cm. high), 54g, box

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Xuecun is the pseudonym of the early-Qing scholar-official from Fujian, Xu Jun (dates unknown), who was known for his poetry, paintings and calligraphy. The nine-character inscription indicates that the seal was later carved by Zhu Zhifu (dates unknown), a student of Zhao Zhiqian (1829-1884), for another contemporary scholar and epigraphist Fu Shi (1850-1903).

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