Bronze seal cast with “Hu ben zhong lang jiang yin”, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220)

Bronze seal cast with “Hu ben zhong lang jiang yin”, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220)

• Image Number: K1A000710N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Eastern Han dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: emperor’s seal
• Material: Mineral/Metal/Bronze
• Description:
  This is raised from the nose button, which can be called the pin button. The printing knife chisels the six characters in white, “Huben Zhonglang General Seal”. The rules can be seen in the cursory strokes. This name was used at the end of the Western Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Yanzhi belonged to one of the palace guards, who was in charge of holding soldiers and retinues.