Two carved soapstone seals
Chinese Works of Art
Two carved soapstone seals
Carved by Feng Kanghou (1901-1983)
The first of square section, carved in sharp relief to the top and around the sides in archaistic beast motifs, the side incised jimao liu yue Feng Kanghou ke (equivalent to 1939), the face incised to read mo yin yan qing, the stone of fairly uniform brownish cream color perhaps of bai furong type or similar; the second of uncarved tall square section, incised to the side to read Yongtan Xiong shu ke fengyi, Beishou Xiansheng wen wan, jiwei jiu yue Feng Kanghou zuo yu Xiang Jiang (equivalent to 1979), the face incised Huang Beishou, the stone of opaque cream color displaying a subtle reddish tinge of possible 'shoushan taohua' type.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) height of second and taller (2).
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Chinese Works of Art
Two carved soapstone seals
Carved by Feng Kanghou (1901-1983)
The first of square section, carved in sharp relief to the top and around the sides in archaistic beast motifs, the side incised jimao liu yue Feng Kanghou ke (equivalent to 1939), the face incised to read mo yin yan qing, the stone of fairly uniform brownish cream color perhaps of bai furong type or similar; the second of uncarved tall square section, incised to the side to read Yongtan Xiong shu ke fengyi, Beishou Xiansheng wen wan, jiwei jiu yue Feng Kanghou zuo yu Xiang Jiang (equivalent to 1979), the face incised Huang Beishou, the stone of opaque cream color displaying a subtle reddish tinge of possible 'shoushan taohua' type.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) height of second and taller (2).