WANFT4 Wang Qishu ed: FEIHONG TANG YINPU. (The Seal Collection of the Hall of Flying Swans). 飛鴻堂印譜 。 王啟淑 編. Beijing, N.d. (c.1985.) Various paginations. Illustrations of seals in red throughout all volumes. 20 vols. 25x16 cm. Stitched. GBP 800.00 Illustrates over 3000 seals from various dynasties held in the Feihongtang - The Hall of Flying Swans - the collection of the Qing seal carver and connoisseur, Wang Qishu (1728-1800). He primarily collected the work of over 100 famous seal artists and carvers of the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty. A good 1980s facsimile of the original work presumably produced in the Qing dynasty. Chinese characters beside each seal transcribe the characters carved on the seal. In Chinese only. Long out-of-print and now very scarce. Subjects: Seals Item 139 in List 211. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?w/WANFT4.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |