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PROPERTY FROM THE STUDIO OF TEN OBSESSIONS
A PAIR OF INSCRIBED SOAPSTONE SEALS BY WANG FU'AN FOR WANG ZHAOMING
DATED REPUBLIC CYCLICAL DINGCHOU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1937 AND OF THE PERIOD
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A PAIR OF INSCRIBED SOAPSTONE SEALS BY WANG FU'AN FOR WANG ZHAOMING
DATED REPUBLIC CYCLICAL DINGCHOU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1937 AND OF THE PERIOD
Each is of tall rectangular shape with smoothly polished undecorated sides. They are carved on the top in shallow relief with lines of calligraphy indicating that the seals were carved by Wang Fu’an (1880-1960) in the first month of dingchou year (1937) as a dedication to Wang Zhaoming (1883-1944). Both seal faces are inscribed with five characters: one is danbo yi mingzhi, the other ningjing yi zhiyuan. The inscription is a quotation from the ancient Chinese text, Huainanzi (Master from Huainan), chapter of Zhushuxuan (Craft of the Ruler), that could be interpreted as ‘a genuine ambition is derived from simplicity of life, and a grand horizon is conceived in serenity of mind’.
2 5/8 in. (6.8 cm.) high (2)
DATED REPUBLIC CYCLICAL DINGCHOU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1937 AND OF THE PERIOD
Each is of tall rectangular shape with smoothly polished undecorated sides. They are carved on the top in shallow relief with lines of calligraphy indicating that the seals were carved by Wang Fu’an (1880-1960) in the first month of dingchou year (1937) as a dedication to Wang Zhaoming (1883-1944). Both seal faces are inscribed with five characters: one is danbo yi mingzhi, the other ningjing yi zhiyuan. The inscription is a quotation from the ancient Chinese text, Huainanzi (Master from Huainan), chapter of Zhushuxuan (Craft of the Ruler), that could be interpreted as ‘a genuine ambition is derived from simplicity of life, and a grand horizon is conceived in serenity of mind’.
2 5/8 in. (6.8 cm.) high (2)
荣誉呈献
Priscilla Kong