Questions tagged [seal]
For questions about Chinese characters and/or language found on seals, stamps, inscriptions, hand signatures, paintings, etc.
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I'd like to know more about my Shan Shui
My name is Alex and i recently bought a hand-painted shan shui by pure luck.
I just started looking around in this topic so please excuse possible mistakes.
I like the said drawing very much and do ...
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Hoping for a seal translation (Characters identified: 愛美)
my late wife had this in a collection of items I know she got in Japan in the 90s.
Her name at the time was either Amy Heil or Amy Contreras, and I'm assuming this is some version of her name, since I ...
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Looking for a translation of this seal (Characters identified: 李可文)
Could someone please translate this personal seal for me? Found it among my late dad’s things. I believe this is an older form of Chinese writing. Is there a modern equivalent?
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Can anyone help to read the seals? (Characters identified: 碧玉金砂)
can anyone help me reading these seals? I found these on zisha teapot.
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Could anyone help me translate the script on this seal?
I have a seal from my grandmother, but I am unable to understand the script it displays.
Any help is appreciated - thank you!
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What is this medallion or medal with early Chinese writing?
My family is going through some of my grandparents' things, and we found this.
It has a cheap, modern necklace chain that appears to be the same age as the main medallion/medal/coin, so I don't think ...
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Translating Seal Script
I have this old ink stone box with some seal script looking text engraved on the top. I tried translating it myself but to no avail. Can anybody help me?
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Can you help me identify the artists
I'm trying to identify the artist behind these Chinese seals. It appears on 2 pieces of Chinese art (horse and horses) in my collection, likely created between the pre-war 1940s and post-war 1950s.
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Old Chinese cabinet with mysterious characters
We wonder what these characters say in English. Is this Old Chinese? Several friends say it is. Thanks!
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I am hoping someone can help identify the meaning of this red chop mark on an abstract painting I purchased
Please see the chop mark image below.
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Translation of a Chinese seal
Years and years ago I got the seal on the image as a present from a business firend in Singapore. I was wondering if someone could tell me what it actually means and how it is translated into 'normal' ...
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I need help identifying a seal
My grandmother has a painting and this is in the bottom right corner. Do you know what this is and or do you know what it says. My grandmother says she met the artist who he made the painting for her. ...
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Need a translation of Chinese characters on bottom of netsuke -artist signature or seal inscription (Characters identified: 道光年)
This an ivory or jade netsuke, possibly from the Edo Period. I have used GROK which suggested a signature of Shoko. This was not definitive.
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What does this chop say?
Google search identifies the artist as ZHAO Shao'ang. Is this consistent with the chop?
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I need help identifying the characters on this artist's seal (Characters identified: 劉溢萍)
Need help identifying the red stamp - what it says, and history of my old Chinese silk drawing.
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