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Lot 105
Two carved soapstone seals and one carved ink cake
5 – 15 April 2021, 12:00 PDT
Los AngelesSold for US$1,530 inc. premium
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Two carved soapstone seals and one carved ink cake
The first seal of rectangular profile, the top vividly carved with a rooster group, the seal face carved in relief reading qian nan yi yi, dated to the side and signed Fen Weng (Deng Sanmu, 1898-1963); the second of tall square section decorated with three bulgy eyed fu lions, the seal face engraved with laoqian junzi characters, one side signed Xu Sangeng (1826~1890), dated gengwu (1870), with a dedication; the third a tall square-shaped inkcake, each side carved and heightened in color with flowers and rocks under inscriptions in various scripts washed in gold, the underside carved within a square with an inscription reading Qianlong renyin nian cao sugong zhi, the top inscribed da fu gui within a ruyi head (broken and glued together, the seals with small chips).
Height of seals: 4 and 2 1/2in (10.1 and 6.35cm); Height of ink cake: 10 3/4in (27.3cm) (3).
Height of seals: 4 and 2 1/2in (10.1 and 6.35cm); Height of ink cake: 10 3/4in (27.3cm) (3).
Footnotes
Rooster seal signed by Deng Sanmu illustrated and published, Ming Qing Gejia Xianzhang Yuanyin Jingpin Miao Bin, Beijing, 2004, p. 176














