10th Mar, 2023 10:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A COMPLETE SET OF SIX BRONZE NESTING SEALS, CHINA, QING DYNASTY
清代一套六件銅印
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Inscriptions: All 31 seal faces inscribed with sayings, aphorisms, and idioms, including ‘Three Friends of Winter’ and ‘A contented mind is a perpetual feast’ (to the second-largest seal); ‘Long distance does not separate bosom friends’ (to the second-smallest seal); and ‘A day like three years’ (to the smallest seal).
Comprising a small cube cast in intaglio to each of its six surfaces with archaistic seal script characters, fitting snugly into five further square-sectioned seals which are all similarly cast with intaglio or recessed seal script characters to the sides, their tops each with a raised circle cast with an additional seal face. (6)
Provenance: British trade.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, few nicks, light scratches, casting flaws, and traces of seal paste.
Weight: 254.5 g
Dimensions: Length 3.6 cm (the largest) to 1.5 cm (the smallest)
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 27 September 2021, lot 611
Price: USD 4,410 or approx. EUR 4,600 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A set of five bronze nesting seals, Qing dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, and size (3.2 cm).
清代一套六件銅印
長方體或正方體同印，大小不一。每一個印的六個表面的都刻有篆書字符；從小到大，可以把印套在一起。(6)
款識：讀未見書，如得良友，見已讀書，如逢故人；梅閣留春，荷亭銷夏，自娛而已；讀不盡者書，造詣不盡者人品，鶯旁按譜，花前覓句；歲寒三友；小樓一夜聼春雨；知足長樂；一日思君十二時；燕交飛處柳煙低；我欲醉眠芳草；江上青山送六朝；天涯知己；聲山翰墨；琴書知己；安且吉兮；出入日利；仁者必壽；坐花醉月；一日三秋，等。
來源：英國古玩交易。
品相：狀況非常好，有輕微磨損、些微刻痕、少量劃痕、鑄造缺陷和密封膏痕跡。
重量：254.5 克
尺寸：長3.6 厘米 (最大)至1.5 厘米 (最小)
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約蘇富比，2021年9月27日，lot 611
價格：USD 4,410（相當於今日EUR 4,600）
描述：清銅套印一套五件
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形和尺寸 (3.2 厘米)。
Inscriptions: All 31 seal faces inscribed with sayings, aphorisms, and idioms, including ‘Three Friends of Winter’ and ‘A contented mind is a perpetual feast’ (to the second-largest seal); ‘Long distance does not separate bosom friends’ (to the second-smallest seal); and ‘A day like three years’ (to the smallest seal).
Comprising a small cube cast in intaglio to each of its six surfaces with archaistic seal script characters, fitting snugly into five further square-sectioned seals which are all similarly cast with intaglio or recessed seal script characters to the sides, their tops each with a raised circle cast with an additional seal face. (6)
Provenance: British trade.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, few nicks, light scratches, casting flaws, and traces of seal paste.
Weight: 254.5 g
Dimensions: Length 3.6 cm (the largest) to 1.5 cm (the smallest)
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 27 September 2021, lot 611
Price: USD 4,410 or approx. EUR 4,600 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A set of five bronze nesting seals, Qing dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, and size (3.2 cm).
清代一套六件銅印
長方體或正方體同印，大小不一。每一個印的六個表面的都刻有篆書字符；從小到大，可以把印套在一起。(6)
款識：讀未見書，如得良友，見已讀書，如逢故人；梅閣留春，荷亭銷夏，自娛而已；讀不盡者書，造詣不盡者人品，鶯旁按譜，花前覓句；歲寒三友；小樓一夜聼春雨；知足長樂；一日思君十二時；燕交飛處柳煙低；我欲醉眠芳草；江上青山送六朝；天涯知己；聲山翰墨；琴書知己；安且吉兮；出入日利；仁者必壽；坐花醉月；一日三秋，等。
來源：英國古玩交易。
品相：狀況非常好，有輕微磨損、些微刻痕、少量劃痕、鑄造缺陷和密封膏痕跡。
重量：254.5 克
尺寸：長3.6 厘米 (最大)至1.5 厘米 (最小)
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約蘇富比，2021年9月27日，lot 611
價格：USD 4,410（相當於今日EUR 4,600）
描述：清銅套印一套五件
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形和尺寸 (3.2 厘米)。
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