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A bronze military official's seal, Dated Qianlong 14th year, corresponding to 1749 | 清乾隆十四年（1749年） 鑲黃旗漢軍弎甲喇七佐領圖記

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March 17, 08:20 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 USD

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A bronze military official's seal

Dated Qianlong 14th year, corresponding to 1749

清乾隆十四年（1749年） 鑲黃旗漢軍弎甲喇七佐領圖記


heavily cast with a square body surmounted by a tapering cylindrical handle, the top carved in Manchurian, the sides with three inscriptions in Chinese: libuzao (made by the Ministry of Rites), qianzi erqian wubai shijiu hao (number 2519 of qian), and Qianlong shisinian shiyueri (tenth month of the fourteenth year of Qianlong), the seal face cast in Manchurian and Chinese seal script with characters reading xianghuangqi hanjun sanjiala qizuoling tuji (seal of the seven zuoling three jiala of the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Han army)

《乾隆十四年十月 日》《禮部造》《乾字二千五百十九號》款


印文：

鑲黃旗漢軍弎甲喇七佐領圖記


Height 3 ¾ in., 9.5 cm

The present seal is classified as tuji (graphic record). Of the five levels of Qing dynasty official seals, tuji falls under the fourth category according to Daqinghuidian [Regulations of the great Qing dynasty]. See a closely related bronze military official's tuji from the same year, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Ancient Seals, Hong Kong, 2008, pl. 413.