A SOTONE SEAL BOULDEROf irregular form, intricately carved in low relief depicting a scholar apanied by an attendant in a continuous mountainous landscape, the seal face carved with a poem of fifty-one characters, the stone of a warm orange colour with characteristic veining.9.5cm (3 3/4in) wide, 202.6gProvenance: 壽山石雕薄意橢形山子章A soapstone seal boulder the size of the present lot is considered to be very rare, carved with part of a poemWang xiang renposed by the Song dynasty poet Song Tao.石質細膩瑩潤，隨形圓雕，底印篆書陽雕宋代詩人賀鑄《望湘人》節錄，「厭鶯聲到枕，花氣動簾，醉魂愁夢相半。被惜余薰，帶驚剩眼，幾許春晚。淚竹痕鮮，佩蘭香老，湘天濃暖。記小江月佳時，屢約非煙遊伴。」