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Auction: CSS82A - Chinese Banknotes
Lot: 11

Ming Dynasty, The official seal of a high ranking Ming Dynasty government official (Chang Shi), officials of this rank are in charge of the overall management of the imperial government, so all requests for names, titles, marriages, benefactors, and statements of gratitude and offerings were first screened by the Chang Shi before presenting it to the emperor. Even Dukes have to answer to them should their behaviour be deemed unsatisfactory. The seal on offer is from the later stage of the Ming Dynasty, and has changed hands many times over the course of more than 3 centuries before making its way to a European collector. Rare.


明代永曆十一年(1657)王府長史司官印一枚，洪武三年（1370）置王相府，所屬有參軍府。後改參軍為長史。洪武十三年（1380年），廢王相府升長史司為正五品，置左、右長史各一人，此印出自明末王府，歷經三百多年滄桑歲月多方流轉由歐洲收藏家出品，明史.職官志四記載長史司為明代官署名。掌王府政令、輔相規諷，總管王府事務。凡請名、請封、請婚、請恩澤及陳謝、進獻表啓書疏等，皆由王府長史奏上，如藩王有過失即問長史，類似今日的監察官兼有府官和國官的性質，為一枚不可多的官印

Estimate
HK$80,000 to HK$100,000

Starting price
HK$80000