2³⁄₄ in. (7 cm.) high

Dr. Stanley Sherman Burns Collection, St. Louis, by repute.

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Lot Essay

The seal face is inscribed with a qu poem by Yuan dynasty playwright Wang Shifu, who used it to imply the impending farewell and to express the sadness of parting in a scene of his work Xixiang ji (Romance of the West Chamber).