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A TIANHUANG ‘KUI PHOENIX’ SEAL, BY DENG SHIRU, DATED 1799
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2024年10月18日 开拍
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A TIANHUANG ‘KUI PHOENIX’ SEAL, BY DENG SHIRU, DATED 1799

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912). The square seal is carved in shallow relief on the top with two coiled kui phoenixes, one with an angular furcating body and the other forming C-scrolls, the luminescent stone of a variegated caramel-orange color.

Inscriptions: To one side, signed and dated ‘Wanbai Shanren, in the fall month of the year Jiwei’ (corresponding to the year 1799). To the seal face, ‘Mengli buzhi shen shi ke’ (‘In a dream, I forget I'm a visiting guest’).

Provenance: From a private collection in New York, United States.
Condition: Good condition with significant old wear as expected, minuscule nibbling along the edges, surface scratches to one side, the stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairlines over time.

Weight: 193.5 g
Dimensions: 5.1 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm

Deng Shiru (1743-1805) was a Chinese calligrapher and seal-carver of the Qing Dynasty. Deng was born in Huaining, Anhui Province. He has several nicknames including Wanbo and Wanbai Shanren. Deng Shiru is recognized as a leading figure of the stele studies movement, which sought inspiration from the stele artworks of the Northern Wei period. For 1,300 years, Chinese calligraphy was based on the elegant art of Wang Xizhi (303-361). But the seventeenth-century emergence of a style modeled on the rough, broken epigraphs of ancient bronzes and stone artifacts brought a revolution in calligraphic taste. By the eighteenth century, this led to the formation of the stele school of calligraphy, which continues to shape Chinese calligraphy today.

Literature comparison:
Compare three inscribed soapstone seals by Deng Shiru, previously in the collection of J. M. Hu, sold at China Guardian, Hong Kong, 8 October 2022, lot 1732.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 9 July 2020, lot 2858
Price: HKD 350,000 or approx. EUR 43,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A tianhuang seal, Qing dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related kui phoenix design, shallow relief carving, and color of the stone. Note the more common form and the different signature.

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