A SUPERB AND EXCEPTIONAL IMPERIAL TIANHUANG 'CHILONG' SEAL AND A PAIR OF CALLIGRAPHIC HANGING SCROLLS QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD the seal powerfully carved in high relief with a mother chilong playfully nipping at the haunches of her two wrestling cubs atop an oval seal, each horned mythical beast meticulously rendered with a finely incised mane above piercing eyes and a pronounced snout, the seal face carved with a three-character inscription reading de re xin ('Virtue renewed every day') framed by a pair of sinuous chilong , the lustrous stone of a rich caramel colour with grey inclusions skilfully utilised to portray the darker fur and mane of the mother chilong ; each of the pair of imperial hanging scrolls with semi-cursive calligraphy in ink on gold-flecked silk, mounted on green diaper brocade, one impressed with the de ri xin seal, the other with two further Qianlong seals and a collector's seal seal h. 7 cm, 2 3/4 in.; 212 gr. each scroll 137.2 by 28 cm, 54 by 11 in.
A SUPERB AND EXCEPTIONAL IMPERIAL TIANHUANG 'CHILONG' SEAL AND A PAIR OF CALLIGRAPHIC HANGING SCROLLS QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD the seal powerfully carved in high relief with a mother chilong playfully nipping at the haunches of her two wrestling cubs atop an oval seal, each horned mythical beast meticulously rendered with a finely incised mane above piercing eyes and a pronounced snout, the seal face carved with a three-character inscription reading de re xin ('Virtue renewed every day') framed by a pair of sinuous chilong , the lustrous stone of a rich caramel colour with grey inclusions skilfully utilised to portray the darker fur and mane of the mother chilong ; each of the pair of imperial hanging scrolls with semi-cursive calligraphy in ink on gold-flecked silk, mounted on green diaper brocade, one impressed with the de ri xin seal, the other with two further Qianlong seals and a collector's seal seal h. 7 cm, 2 3/4 in.; 212 gr. each scroll 137.2 by 28 cm, 54 by 11 in.
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