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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 1, 2016 | Christie's | Hong Kong | The Imperial Sale / Important Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art | 3205 | $****** - ****** | PRINCE KUNG’S ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ TIANHUANG SEALS |
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TIANHUANG
The seals are carved from a single boulder with square section rising to a sloping upper surface. The top of one is carved in low<br/>relief<br/> dexterously utilising the skin of the stone<br/> with a dragon gazing down on its young striding amongst lingzhi<br/> echoing the pair of phoenix soaring amidst peonies on the other<br/> both scenes positioned above a signature<br/> Cangmen. The ‘dragons’ seal is incised on one vertical side with a seven-character stanza followed by a signature<br/> Lin Ji<br/> dated 11th day of the ninth month of yihai cyclical year<br/> corresponding to 1719<br/> the seal face is carved in intaglio with an eight-character inscription<br/> Huang liuzi Heshuo Gong qinwang<br/> ‘The sixth imperial son<br/> The Peaceful and Eminent Prince Gong’. The ‘phoenix’ seal is similarly incised on one vertical side with a five-character stanza followed by a signature<br/> Ziwei Neishi<br/> the seal face is carved with a four-character inscription<br/> weiguo fanfu<br/> (Guardian vassal of the state) in intaglio<br/> flanked by a pair of chilong below a two-character inscription yuci<br/> ‘imperially bestowed’<br/> in relief. The stones are of a deep honey tone suffused with characteristic ‘radish’ veining.
