SIGNED GUO SHAOGAO AND ZHONG QUAN, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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A CARVED SOAPSTONE SEAL FOR ZENG GUOQUAN
SIGNED GUO SHAOGAO AND ZHONG QUAN, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The rectangular seal is surmounted by a finial carved in the form of a recumbent horse, above two incised inscriptions on the side, one dedicated to Yuanfu and signed Zhong Quan, the other reads Xixian zhi, ‘made by Xixian’. The seal face is carved with a ten-character couplet composed by Zeng Guoquan in seal script.
2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) wide, box

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Guo Shaogao (dates unknown), pseudonym Xixian, was a Qing-dynasty seal carver known for his exquisite carving of the seal finials. Zhong Quan (1818-?) was known for his carving of seal inscriptions. Zeng Guoquan (1824-1890), pseudonym Yuanfu, was a late-Qing official and military leader, and the ninth brother of the prominent statesman and general Zeng Guofan (1811-1872).

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