Plain Seals (in progress)

For more informationon about seals, their shapes, and carving styles, please see Zhang (Seals). There are many varieties of seals (personal, leisure, official, etc.). The most common ones in this collection are:

  • leisure seals: 閒章兒 (an unofficial personal seal, usually containing a poetic or religious thought; sometimes also called flavor seals): the inscriptions on these seals are typically words, phrases, or short quotations that convey the mood or thought of the artist, calligrapher, and/or collector
  • name seals: 圖章 (a stamp, personal seal): the inscriptions on these seals are typically names, pen names, pseudonyms, religious names (dharma or Taoist names), or epithets that identify an individual


plain_irregular_1 (22K)
Dimensions:
Height: 2 5/8 in.
Width: 6/8 in.
Depth: 2 1/16 in. 		face_ilinger (33K)
Face
Engraving:
relief (red seal) 		impression_ilinger (26K)
Face text:
I lingered once
曾留一度
Other details: leisure seal; plain style (su mian 素面); irregular shape (sui xing 隨形).
plain_irregular_2 (30K)
Dimensions:
Height: 2 2/8 in.
Width: 6/8 in.
Depth: 1 3/4 in. 		face_letgo (36K)
Face
Engraving:
intaglio (white seal) 		impression_letgo (33K)
Face text:
Let go
放
Other details: leisure seal; plain style (su mian 素面); irregular shape (sui xing 隨形).
plain_square (20K)
Dimensions:
Height: 2 13/16 in.
Width: 3/4 in.
Depth: 3/4 in. 		face_sinkdeep (48K)
Face
Engraving:
relief (red seal) 		impression_sinkdeep (35K)
Face text:
Sink deep
沉深
Other details: leisure seal; plain style (su mian 素面); square shape (fang xing 方形).
side_gentlewindmildrain (23K)
Dimensions:
Height: 1 15/16 in.
Width: 10/16 in.
Depth: 1 3/16 in. 		face_gentlewindmildrain (36K)
Face
Engraving:
mixed relief (red seal) &
intaglio (white seal) 		impression_gentlewindmildrain (27K)
Face text:
Gentle wind,
mild rain
和风细雨
Other details: leisure seal; plain style (su mian 素面); irregular shape (sui xing 隨形).

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