Zigang seal mark, Qing Dynasty
Of rectangular shape, each side carved in low relief with a square panel beneath a pair of confronting chi dragons, the panel on the front depicting a gentleman wearing a hat standing beside a horse grazing beneath a leafy pine tree, and the reverse panel inscribed with a poem followed by a zigang seal mark. 6.5cm (2 1/2in) high.
Footnotes
清 白玉詩文牌
款識:當年劉阮到天臺,采藥行吟山下來,偶見小橋流水外,桃花斜接杏花開 「子岡」
Provenance: a Norwegian private collection, acquired while working at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beijing in the 1960s–1970s, and thence by descent
來源:挪威私人收藏,於1960至1970年代在北京挪威皇家大使館任職期間獲得,後由家族傳承迄今
The inscription may be translated as:
Compare with a related inscribed white jade plaque, Zigang mark, Qing dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 27 November 2018, lot 183.