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AN INSCRIBED TIANHUANG SEAL BY WANG DAXIN FOR YUAN KEWEN
AN INSCRIBED TIANHUANG SEAL BY WANG DAXIN FOR YUAN KEWEN
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AN INSCRIBED TIANHUANG SEAL BY WANG DAXIN FOR YUAN KEWEN

LATE QING DYNASTY – EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY – EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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AN INSCRIBED TIANHUANG SEAL BY WANG DAXIN FOR YUAN KEWEN
LATE QING DYNASTY – EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY – EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of oval cross-section, the seal is carved on the exterior in shallow relief with a blossoming prunus tree amid swirling clouds above a poetic inscription dedicated to Hanyun followed by the signature of Bingtie. The seal face is carved with a four-character poetic inscription in seal script.
2 7/16 in. (6.3 cm.) high, 45g

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Bingtie was the style-name of Wang Daxin (1869-1924), a popular seal carver active in Shanghai during the late Qing and early Republic periods. Hanyun was the style-name of Yuan Kewen (1889-1931), the second son of Yuan Shika, and a scholar, painter, calligrapher, as well as a collector and Peking opera aficionado.

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