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The small square seal is surmounted by a recumbent lion, the seal face carved with the characters bai song shu cang (a collection of over a hundred Song dynasty books).
5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) wide, box, 14g
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The inscription on the seal face, bai song shu cang, is the studio name of the library of Yuan Kewen (1890-1931), the second son of the Republic period politician Yuan Shikai, who was a renowned collector and connoisseur.

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