Lot 186
CHINESE SOAPSTONE 'DOUBLE DRAGONS' SEAL
QING DYNASTY, JIAQING PERIOD
Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清嘉慶 壽山石雕雙龍鈕橢圓印章
印文：樂安和
of oval form, surmounted by two ferocious dragon chasing each other, carved in meticulous precision with bulging eyes and flaring nostrils above open mouth revealing sharp teeth, the scaly coiled body depicted in dynamic motion, the flowing mane finely incised with its long tail coiled at the rear, the seal face deeply and crisply worked with the characters reading Le An He ('happiness in peace and harmony'), the stone of a creamy yellow colour flecked with brown spots
Dimensions
5.1cm wide
Footnote
Le An He is located in the Jiuzhou Qingyan area of Yuanmingyuan. Jiuzhou Qingyan is located on the north shore of the Front Lake of Yuanmingyuan, West of the axis is Le An He, a palace where Qianlong stayed. A seal reading ‘Le An He’ is recorded in Gugong bowuyuan cang: Qingdai dihou xiyin pu [Catalogue of Imperial Seals of the Qing Dynasty], vol.9, Jiaqing section 2, Beijing, 2005, p.151.
圓明園最北為九州清晏殿，西有「樂安和」，是乾隆皇帝的寢宮。「樂安和」印，《清代帝後璽印譜》中有所著錄，見故宮博物院編，《清代帝後璽印譜：第九冊，嘉慶卷二》，北京，2005年，頁151。