Copper column button “Tai Hospital Seal”

[Copper column button “Tai Hospital Seal”]

Copper column button “Tai Hospital Seal”, clear, printed 7.7 × 7.8cm, with a height of 10.8cm
Printed copper cast, post button. The printed face has a wide border with a positive line, and is cast in both Manchu and Chinese characters, and the content is contrasted. The archaize seal character in Chinese is read in order from the top right, and the Manchu character is read in order from the top left. The seal character is in the form of Yangwen seal character. The printing platform is engraved with the words “Tai Hospital Seal. Made by the Ministry of Rites. Made on the first day of the 14th year of Qianlong’s reign. Qianzi No. 1831” in Chinese and Manchu characters
The official printed characters in the Qing Dynasty include Manchu, Chinese seal and Mongolian, and the printed surface uses both Manchu and Chinese characters. After the 13th year of Qianlong (1748), the Manchu seal script was also changed to seal script. The printing surface of the official seal is generally square or rectangular, and the printing button is long, thick at the bottom and slightly thin at the top, and there is a uniform number for the printing of the ritual department.

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