Bronze seal cast with “Ding Feng zhi yin zhang”, Xin dynasty (9-23)

Bronze seal cast with “Ding Feng zhi yin zhang”, Xin dynasty (9-23)

• Image Number: K1A001521N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Xin dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: emperor’s seal
• Material: Mineral/Metal/Bronze
• Description:
  The tile knob is thick and the hole is small. The white inscription “Ding Feng’s Seal” has five characters, which is boundless. The surname and name are only two characters, and three characters are added to form five characters. This may be related to the worship of the five shape theory at that time, which became the feature of the seal in the new Mang era.