A TIANHUANG ‘PHOENIX’ RECTANGULAR SEAL

The inscription on the seal face can be translated as ‘Illustrious family of the Haidai region’. Haidai is the ancient name of modern-day Shandong, and also the hometown of the Qianlong-period scholar-official Liu Yong (1719-1805). In 1756, Emperor Qianlong wrote a poem for Liu Yong, in which this five-character inscription is mentioned.