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Property from the R.H.R Palmer Collection
A WHITE-METAL MILITARY OFFICIAL ‘TIGER’ SQUARE SEAL
QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE 14TH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1749
Details
A WHITE-METAL MILITARY OFFICIAL ‘TIGER’ SQUARE SEAL
QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE 14TH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1749
The seal face is cast in Manchurian and Chinese seal script reading zongguan manzhou huoqiying wuyin (seal of Firearm Battalion Head Quarter of Manchuria); these texts are repeated at the top on either side of the tiger finial. The sides are further inscribed with three inscriptions in Chinese: libu zao (made by the Ministry of Rites), qianzi yibai jiushijiu hao (number 199 of qian), and Qianlong shisi nian si yue (fouth month of the fourteenth year of Qianlong) which corresponds to 1749; and the fourth side is inscribed with three Manchurian characters.
4 ¼ in. (10.7 cm.) square; weight 144.7 troy ounces
QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE 14TH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1749
The seal face is cast in Manchurian and Chinese seal script reading zongguan manzhou huoqiying wuyin (seal of Firearm Battalion Head Quarter of Manchuria); these texts are repeated at the top on either side of the tiger finial. The sides are further inscribed with three inscriptions in Chinese: libu zao (made by the Ministry of Rites), qianzi yibai jiushijiu hao (number 199 of qian), and Qianlong shisi nian si yue (fouth month of the fourteenth year of Qianlong) which corresponds to 1749; and the fourth side is inscribed with three Manchurian characters.
4 ¼ in. (10.7 cm.) square; weight 144.7 troy ounces
Provenance
Spink & Son, London, February 1938, as recorded in the RHRP ledger
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 25
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 25
Sale room notice
Please note the weight of the seal is approx. 144.7 troy ounces (4.5 kg.)
此拍品重量約144.7金衡盎司 (4.5公斤)
此拍品重量約144.7金衡盎司 (4.5公斤)
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