Lot 148
LARGE CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'RUYI' SQUARE SEAL
QING DYNASTY
Auction: 15 May 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
清 碧玉如意雲鈕國師大方章 木座
印面：「▢▢善悟灌頂國師印」
carved on top of the square plinth with a ruyi-form finial further enclosing a smaller ruyi in the centre, the seal-front carved with a nine-character mark in nine-bent script indicating the seal belonged to a National Preceptor of Abhisheka, with a wooden stand
Dimensions
8.9cm wide
Provenance
By repute to have come out of an early state-owned cultural relics store
據傳出自早期國營文物商店（含日本美協オークション圓籤）
Footnote
The seal front, except the first two characters, reads ‘Shanwu Guanding Gaoshi Yin’, meaning seal of The Benevolent and Enlightened National Preceptor of Abhisheka. Possibly refers to Ratnashri, who established the Choje Monastery and was appointed as the Benevolent and Enlightened National Preceptor of Abhisheka during the Ming dynasty, Zhengde period.
印面九疊篆文刻「▢▢善悟灌頂國師印」，或指敕信仲•然拉西熱，其創建確爾基寺，明朝永樂六年敕封為宏教禪師，成化年間頒發象牙圖章，正德年間御賜善悟灌頂國師。