Shoushan Stone Crouching Elephant Button “The Treasure of Yongzheng’s Respect for Relatives”

[Shoushan Stone Crouching Elephant Button “Treasure of Yongzheng”]

“Treasure of Yongzheng”, Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, Shoushan Stone, Crouching Elephant Button Square Seal, Chinese seal. The face is 9.8 cm square, the height of the hole is 9.7 cm, and the height of the button is 6.2 cm
The recumbent elephant is finely carved, the proportion of all parts of the body is just right, and the posture is vivid. It is like a treasure bottle placed on the side, which means “peace and image”. According to the Record of the Work of the Office of the Qing Palace’s Internal Affairs Office, the first year of Yongzheng’s reign (1723) “On August 17, Prince Yi handed over to Taiping the book of Longevity Stone, which was inscribed with ‘Yongzheng’s treasure of honoring relatives’. Here is the imperial edict. Today, Dr. Baode handed over two seal characters of Yuan Jingshao and Teng Jizu to Prince Yi for viewing. Wang Yu: The three-line style of Yuan Jingshao’s seal character was approved, but the strokes covered the grass, and then it was carved as usual after being cleaned up. Follow this. On September 14, Taiping had a book of Longevity Stone, which was inscribed with’ Yongzheng’s treasure of honoring relatives’, and Prince Yi presented it 。” The inscription was written by Yuan Jingshao, a Nanjiang craftsman. After completion, it was used on the Soul Tower, Long’en Gate, Long’en Hall plaque, merit monument, and shrine monument written by Emperor Yongzheng in the King Mausoleum of Emperor Kangxi. It created a system that the plaque on the mausoleum of emperors and empresses was written by the successor emperor and stamped with “the treasure of respect for relatives”. Later, all imperial tombs followed suit and became customized. Therefore, later emperors carved it at the beginning of succession“ ×× The treasure of honoring relatives “for seal


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