Citation seal
CHINA - 19th century
Estimate : 800 - 1 000 €
Sold 1 000 €
Quotation seal in lightly brown-veined jade, evoking a mountainous landscape. The incised base of the characters “第一功名不愛錢 “Diyi gongming bu’ai qian. “The first merit is not to love money.”
This is the third line of a heptasyllabic quatrain by the patriotic Southern Song general Yue Fei (1103-1142)
H. 9 cm
Citation seal - CHINA - 19th century
Citation seal - CHINA - 19th century
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