Stone seal from the second set of “Xuanji xianzao”, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Stone seal from the second set of “Xuanji xianzao”, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

• Image Number: K1D003464N000000000PAG
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Miscellaneous objects
• Function: emperor’s seal
• Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Shoushan Stone
• Description:
  Shoushan stone seal is square and white. This seal is one part of the “Xuanji Xianzao” overprint, and the whole set of seals is 42. In the second volume of the overprint, the nine characters “Xun Quan Fen Lian Xin Pin Xin Xin Chun” were first arranged into three straight lines in order to form a square nine palace grid, and then were engraved as seals according to the rules and fonts revealed in the margin. This seal is just as described in the border section of “Four Couples Shunwen Three Sentences” and “Carving Runs and Seals. The ancient Chinese characters are bad in Qin Dynasty, and the eight characters have been changed, one of which is also”. The face of the seal is “Carving Runs and Seals” created in Qin Dynasty, and the four couplets Shunwen is “Quan Lian Xin Xin Quan”.