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A RARE TIANHUANG ‘ELEPHANT AND BOY’ OVAL SEAL

Lot 2927
30.05.2022 11:30UTC +08:00
Classic
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HKD 1 890 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 763536
Lot 2927 | A RARE TIANHUANG ‘ELEPHANT AND BOY’ OVAL SEAL
Estimate value
HKD 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
A RARE TIANHUANG ‘ELEPHANT AND BOY’ OVAL SEALKANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)The finial is finely carved as a recumbent elephant with finely incised markings to indicate its hide, by its side a foreigner wearing a jacket and pantaloons stands with one foot resting on the elephant’s trunk as he hands an object to another similarly dressed figure sprawled beside a hooked staff atop a patterned blanket draped over the elephant’s back, with the two-character signature, Shangjun, incorporated in the narrow band of interlocking C-scrolls at the top of the oval block, which is later-inscribed on one side, Kugong shu Kutie (Kugong requested Kutie [to carve the seal face]), the seal face reading: pi qin (infatuated with the qin), the stone of mottled pale caramel colour.1 3⁄4 in. (4.5 cm.) high, 39g, cloth box Provenance The Xu Hanqing CollectionSold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot 932
Medium:Soapstone, Stone
Historical era:Kangxi period
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Asia
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Objects of Virtue
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