Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
The Property of a Lady 女士藏品
Lot 213*
Two pale green jade square seals 18th/19th century
2 November 2021, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £9,562.50 inc. premium
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Two pale green jade square seals
18th/19th century
One square seal carved on top with a mythical qilin standing ready to pounce with large eyes and pricked ears, the seal face carved with the inscription Bin Wu zhi zhang ('Seal of Bin Wu'), the other seal carved with a mythical beast atop the tall square plinth, coiled with powerful arms and legs, the seal face reading 'He shen dang chun' ('Pleasant Spring'), both the stones of even pale green tone. The smaller, 3.4cm (1 3/8in) high; the larger, 3.8cm (1 1/2in) high. (2).
One square seal carved on top with a mythical qilin standing ready to pounce with large eyes and pricked ears, the seal face carved with the inscription Bin Wu zhi zhang ('Seal of Bin Wu'), the other seal carved with a mythical beast atop the tall square plinth, coiled with powerful arms and legs, the seal face reading 'He shen dang chun' ('Pleasant Spring'), both the stones of even pale green tone. The smaller, 3.4cm (1 3/8in) high; the larger, 3.8cm (1 1/2in) high. (2).
Footnotes
十八/十九世紀 青白玉雕獸鈕印 一組兩件
Provenance: Couchoud Collection, Paris, prior to 1941 (the smaller seal)
Jaquerod, 1941 (smaller); Summer 1937 (larger)
Mrs Gret Hasler (1895-1971), Winterthur, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1941 and 1937 respectively, and thence by descent
來源：1941年前，巴黎Couchoud舊藏（較小者）
古董商Jaquerod，1941年（較小者）；1937年夏（較大者）
瑞士溫特圖爾Gret Hasler（1895-1971）夫人舊藏，分別於1941年及1937年購自上者，並由後人保存迄今
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