Citation seal

Beige steatite citation seal topped by a chimera and her cub. On the base, the six characters “為官心存君國” Wei guan xincun jun guo “In the official career, always have the Prince and the State at heart”, a quotation from Zhuzi zhijia gayan 朱子治家格言(Family Instructions of Master Zhu Bolu ” [1617-1688]).
One side is engraved with a heptasyllabic quatrain by Liu Fangping 劉方平 (8th c.) unrelated to the seal legend and the pseudonym Baitang shanren 白湯山人 “The mountain man of boiled water.”
H. 7.8 cm