OBJECTS FOR THE SCHOLAR'S DESK, Hong Kong 2017
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Scholar's Implements

CATALOGUE 2017

A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SEAL

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

LENGTH: 5CM

The seal is fashioned from an irregular jade pebble with a curved, slanted top. The bottom of the pebble is carved in relief within an elliptical cartouche with the four characters shizhang silun 世掌絲綸, which translates to ‘generations of positions at court’.

The white jade is naturally formed and covered with traces of black specks and russet and polished to an unctuous finish.

清十八世紀 白玉灑金隨型印章
印文「世掌絲綸」