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DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 1925 AND OF THE PERIOD
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A PAIR OF SHOUSHAN SEALS BY ZHAO SHURU FOR GONG XINMING
DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 1925 AND OF THE PERIOD
The seals are carved from the same piece of stone. Each seal is carved in shallow relief with a continuous riverscape scene, while forming further different continuous scenes when placed together. One seal is incised on the side with the signature Shuru, and a six-character inscription on the seal face reading Jingzhang Mingxin zhi pin, the other with a dedicatory inscription by Shuru for Jingzhang, the style-name of Gong Xinming, dated to the yichou cyclical year (1925), and a four-character inscription on the seal face reading Gong Xinming yin, ‘seal of Gong Xinming’.
4 1⁄2 in. (11.3 cm.) high, box, 494.3g
DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 1925 AND OF THE PERIOD
The seals are carved from the same piece of stone. Each seal is carved in shallow relief with a continuous riverscape scene, while forming further different continuous scenes when placed together. One seal is incised on the side with the signature Shuru, and a six-character inscription on the seal face reading Jingzhang Mingxin zhi pin, the other with a dedicatory inscription by Shuru for Jingzhang, the style-name of Gong Xinming, dated to the yichou cyclical year (1925), and a four-character inscription on the seal face reading Gong Xinming yin, ‘seal of Gong Xinming’.
4 1⁄2 in. (11.3 cm.) high, box, 494.3g
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