Bronze seal cast with “Jing yang ting hou”, Jin dynasty

Bronze seal cast with “Jing yang ting hou”, Jin dynasty

• Image Number: K1A000636N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Wei, Jin, Southern & Northern Dynasties (Six Dynasties)
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: emperor’s seal
• Material: Mineral/Metal/Bronze
• Description:
  The turtle button is similar to the features of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, with four characters printed in white: “Jingyang Pavilion Marquis”; In the Qin Dynasty, ten li belonged to one pavilion, ten pavilions belonged to one township, and ten townships belonged to one county. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the marquises ate salaries because of their achievements, and there were more differences among big counties, small counties, townships, and pavilion marquises. In the Jin Dynasty, the marquis of the pavilion belonged to the fifth official product.