EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)

Details

A JADE INSCRIBED SQUARE SEAL
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)
The seal face is carved in ‘bird-worm’ seal script with the name Wang Gong.
7/8 x 7/8 in. (2.2 cm. × 2.2 cm.), box

Provenance

Jinhuatang Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1999

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Lot Essay

The inscription on the seal face, Wang Gong, is the name of a prominent scholar-official active during the mid-Eastern Han dynasty, known for his righteousness and integrity. His great grandson, Wang Can (AD 177-217), was a renowned literati and was celebrated as one of the ‘Seven Scholars of Jian’an’.

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