1978
A TIANHUANG 'BUDDHIST LION' SEAL

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A TIANHUANG 'BUDDHIST LION' SEAL
QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY

The columnar seal of square section, surmounted by a recumbent Buddhist lion, the muscular body coiled with its head turned to a bushy tail, the seal chop carved in relief, zhuwen, with four characters, Shiqing Huayi, 'Poetry from the heart; paintings from the mind', one vertical facet incised with a two-character signature, Sanyi
2 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (5.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm.), wood box
来源
Hayakawa Junzaburo, July 1918

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Carrie Li
Carrie Li

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It is possible that the signature Sanyi identifies the late Qing dynasty carver and art connoisseur, Sun Sanyi, who was a native of Pinghu in Zhejiang province and was active during the Daoguang-Xianfeng reigns, cf. Zhongguo Meishu Jiarenming Cidian, Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 1985, p. 677.