Littleton and Hennessy Asian Art -The Imperial Studio - Asian Art in London November 2009


	How we can help you Please contact us if you have any queries, would like a valuation, are looking for a specific piece, interested in refining your collection, or perhaps attracted to the idea of building on a collection.		English \| 中文 The Imperial Studio Asian Art in London 29 October - 7 November 2009 4. A Tianhuang Seal 18th century The square seal is carved in shallow to high relief on the top with a writhing four-clawed dragon emerging from vaporous clouds, with its well sculpted head peeking through the top. The stone a reddish beeswax-yellow tone with some striations. 10.5 cm. high; 4 cm. square This seal is carved with a wonderfully sculptural dragon head emerging from vaporous clouds, an image probably inspired by the 13th century painting of the same subject attributed to Chen Rong of the Southern Song period in the collection of National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Gugong Shuhua Tulu, vol. 2, Taipei, 1993, p. 225–226. A porcelain tianqiuping in the Palace Museum, Beijing, painted with an underglaze-red three-clawed dragon emerging from blue vaporous clouds proves that this design was popular during the 18th century, and were produced in the Imperial workshops (see The Complete Collection of Treasures from the Palace Museum – Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze-red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, no. 210, p. 230 – fig. 5). Download full exhibition catalogue (PDF 1.6 Mb) Exhibition catalogue: Introduction A Zitan Brush Pot An Inlaid Huanghuali Document Chest A Green Enamelled Leaf-Shaped Porcelain Ink Palette A Tianhuang Seal A Tianhuang Seal A Songhua Inkstone A Superb Carved Cinnarbar Lacquer Brushpot A Huangfurong Seal A Duan Ink Stone A Pale Celadon Jade Washer An Ivory Wrist-rest A Four-coloured Overlay Glass Washer An Agate Seal Paste Box and Cover An Ivory Brushpot An Octagonal She Inkstone A Celadon Glazed Porcelain Inkpalette A Soapstone Brush Washer A Jade-Inset Zitan Ink Stand A Bamboo Veneer Document Box A Carved Double Gourd Emperors of the Qing Dynasty		Enlarge image Lot 4: A Tianhuang Seal
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