Jade nose button “Seal of the King of Yin”

[Blue jade nose button “Seal of the King of Yin”]

Blue jade nose button “Seal of the King of Yin”, Ming Dynasty, printed face 2.1 × 2.1 cm, 1.6 cm high. The old collection of the Qing Palace
This seal is made of sapphire and has a nose button. The font of the seal is seal script and white text. From the top right, read the four words “Seal of the King of Yin”. The printing material is gray and full of spots
This seal is the seal of the king at the time of naming Chu and Han in the Ming Dynasty. The “King of Yin” in the seal is the King of Chu and Han, named Sima Ang, who was originally Zhao General, and Xiang Yu made him king. In the Historical Records of Xiang Yu, “Zhao set Sima Ang in Hanoi, and made several contributions, so he became the king of Yin, and the king of Hanoi, and all the songs were sung.” In March of the second year of the Han Dynasty (205 BC), Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, crossed the Yellow River from the Jin Dynasty, captured the inland of the river, captured Sima Ang, the king of Yin, and set his place as Hanoi Prefecture. In the summer and April of the third year (204 BC), the Chu and Han fought against Pengcheng, and the Han army was defeated. When the vassals saw the defeat of the Han, they all died. Sima Xin, king of Serbia, and Dong Yi, king of Zhai, fell to Chu, and Sima Ang, king of Yin, died.

“殷王之玺” 玉印钤本