QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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A SMALL OVAL TIANHUANG SEAL
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The oval platform is surmounted by a finial in the form of a bird, with a ten-character poetic inscription on one side followed by a signature, Zhucha, with another two-character signature Zhou Bin on the other side. The seal face is carved with a two-character phrase, dusu, ‘pure and simple’ on the seal face.
1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) high, 14g

Lot Essay

Zhucha is the pseudonym of Zhu Yizun (1629-1709), a scholar-official, epigraphist and book collector during the Kangxi period. Zhou Bin, pseudonym Shangjun, was a renowned carver of seal knobs, and is thought to have worked during the Kangxi period.

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