A MASSIVE FOUR-PIECE STATIONERY SUITE OF ARCHAISTIC DESIGN, INCLUDING A BOAT-FORM STATIONERY TRAY WITH CHI DRAGON ORNAMENTATION, A SQUARE MASTER SEAL SURMOUNTED BY A PAIR OF CROUCHING BIXIE, AND TWO MATCHING CIRCULAR PASTE BOXES WITH ELEPHANT-HEAD MOTIFS. THE MASTER SEAL BEARS THE DEEPLY CARVED, SIX-CHARACTER INSCRIPTION READING HU�NGH�U ZHI Y�N , “SEAL OF THE EMPRESS.” THE UNDERSIDE OF THE STATIONERY TRAY FEATURES AN OVAL CARTOUCHE WITH A COMMEMORATIVE INSCRIPTION: JI�NWU SH�YI NI�N, WUMENG DUW�I, REFERENCING THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF THE JIANWU ERA (35 AD) AND A MILITARY COMMANDANT’S TITLE.
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A MASSIVE FOUR-PIECE STATIONERY SUITE OF ARCHAISTIC DESIGN, INCLUDING A BOAT-FORM STATIONERY TRAY WITH CHI DRAGON ORNAMENTATION, A SQUARE MASTER SEAL SURMOUNTED BY A PAIR OF CROUCHING BIXIE, AND TWO MATCHING CIRCULAR PASTE BOXES WITH ELEPHANT-HEAD MOTIFS. THE MASTER SEAL BEARS THE DEEPLY CARVED, SIX-CHARACTER INSCRIPTION READING HU�NGH�U ZHI Y�N , “SEAL OF THE EMPRESS.”…