My random notes on Chinese-style seal carving.

Talking Seals

Han Tianheng

The Chinese artist Han Tianheng (1940 – ) 韩天衡 is especially well-known for his use of the bird and insect script in his seal carving.

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Lin Mengrong

Six characters in a seal by contemporary Taiwan artist Lin Mengrong 林孟蓉 are from the third line of the Heart Sutra, “shed light on the five aggregates, and find them empty.”

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Zhu Jian

Zhu Jian

Zhu Jian 朱簡 (1570-c1625) was born in Xiuning, Anhui Province and lived in Huangshan. “He loved traveling and was good at poetry. He dove into

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Zhou Lianggong

Zhou Lianggong 周亮工 (1612-1672) was born in Kaifeng, Honan Province, but lived in Nanjing. He was a civil service official in 1640. He loved to

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Zhao Zhishen

A painting by Zhao Zhishen. From the internet. Zhao Zhishen (?之琛) was one of the “Later Four Scholars” of the Xiling School and one of

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Zhao Zhiqian

Zhao Zhiqian 趙之謙 (1829-1884) was a Chinese calligrapher, seal carver, and painter in the late Qing Dynasty, “the leading scholar-artist of his day.” Zhao’s seal

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Zhao Zhichen

Zhao Zhichen 趙之琛 (1781-1852) was born in Hangzhou. “He was a pupil to Chen Yu-chong. He was good at painting. In his old age, because

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Zhao Shuru

Zhao Shuru 趙叔孺 (1874-1945). “He carefully studied the cast and engraved bronze seals of the Han dynasty, as well as inscriptions on ritual bronze vessels,

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