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NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, DATED TO GUICHOU YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1013 AD
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A RARE SILVER IMPERIAL SEAL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, DATED TO GUICHOU YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1013 AD
The seal is cast as a ferocious chimera with winged forelegs supported on a cloud-form base, its head turned to the side and jaw open in a growl beneath protruding eyes masked with heavy brows, its coat detailed with ring-punched scrolls. The underside seal face is cast with an inscription reading Huang Song dazhong xiangfu guichou xiuneisi yinzuofang qian zhi that may be translated as 'respectfully made by the jewellery section of the Palace Maintenance Office in the year guichou (1013 AD) of the Dazhong Xiangfu period of the exalted Song dynasty'.
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, DATED TO GUICHOU YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1013 AD
The seal is cast as a ferocious chimera with winged forelegs supported on a cloud-form base, its head turned to the side and jaw open in a growl beneath protruding eyes masked with heavy brows, its coat detailed with ring-punched scrolls. The underside seal face is cast with an inscription reading Huang Song dazhong xiangfu guichou xiuneisi yinzuofang qian zhi that may be translated as 'respectfully made by the jewellery section of the Palace Maintenance Office in the year guichou (1013 AD) of the Dazhong Xiangfu period of the exalted Song dynasty'.
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 11 June 1991, lot 16.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 104.
Sotheby's London, 14 May 2008, lot 662.
Property from a Princely Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 104.
Sotheby's London, 14 May 2008, lot 662.
Property from a Princely Collection.
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