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Subject:Need help in identifying what material this seal is made from and an update
Posted By: Joamuse Sun, Oct 02, 2016 IP: 24.63.227.199 I posted this a few weeks ago and Bill H was kind enough to mention that stylistically it resembled a Makara. This sent me down a complete rabbit warren of researching and just last night I found what I think is a good clue. |
Subject:Re: Need help in identifying what material this seal is made from and an update
Posted By: rat Mon, Oct 03, 2016 I think its cast resin, because the base suggests it is not a piece of stone that has been carved, as a seal ordinarily would be, and because the complexity with which the creatures depicted on its knop and the regularity and exactness of the relief on the sides is quite sophisticated yet the workmanship of the bottom of the seal seems seems quite imperfect. further, the inscription seems to be legible as is, which should not be the case unless you have thoughtfully already reversed the image to aid in reading it. and the script seems to be a modern exaggerated version of an archaic type. finally the characters on the base seem not flat to create a full impression but rounded (and therefore would yield an imperfect impression). so I think this is for decoration rather than use. all of which suggests to me that it's made of poured resin or something similar |
Subject:Re: Need help in identifying what material this seal is made from and an update
Posted By: Joamuse Tue, Oct 04, 2016 Thank you for your replies. I do not believe it is resin. At 6" tall it weighs 3lbs 10ozs /1.668 kg |
Subject:Re: Need help in identifying what material this seal is made from and an update
Posted By: Stan Mon, Oct 03, 2016 A little late to the party, but... |
Subject:Re: Need help in identifying what material this seal is made from and an update
Posted By: Mikeoz Mon, Oct 03, 2016 I find this a very interesting object. First because the top and sides have been very expertly carved. I wonder what is on the side panel we haven't yet seen (the right hand side panel of picture 3). If it contains characters, it could provide date or origin, or the person who carved the base. |
Subject:寻隐者不遇 Visiting the Absent Hermit by Jia Dao
Posted By: Super Thu, Oct 06, 2016 This is one of the 300 Tang Dynasty poems, 寻隐者不遇 (Missing the hermit whom I sought) by the Tang dynasty poet (monk) 贾岛 |
Subject:Re: 寻隐者不遇 Visiting the Absent Hermit by Jia Dao
Posted By: mikeoz Thu, Oct 06, 2016 Dear Super, |
Subject:Re: 寻隐者不遇 Visiting the Absent Hermit by Jia Dao
Posted By: Super Thu, Oct 06, 2016 Mike, you did very well and I admired your Chinese calligraphy, and especially your ability in deciphering seal scripts, much better than mine. i would never be able to recognize most of these "scripts" on this seal without your helps. Believe me, when we were forced to memorize all these "boring" 300 Tang dynasty poems when we were young, we were not happy campers. Now when I got older, they amazingly came in handy. |
Subject:Re: 寻隐者不遇 Visiting the Absent Hermit by Jia Dao
Posted By: Joamuse Thu, Oct 06, 2016 Thank you! I am so pleased to know what it says and the translation is lovely. I've recently purchased a book and I am trying to teach myself to recognize characters. I expect to have some ability to translate text in about - oh say - 50 years... But I will still try :-) |
Subject:Re: 寻隐者不遇 Visiting the Absent Hermit by Jia Dao
Posted By: Super Thu, Oct 06, 2016 Joamuse: Luckily, English translations are available for most of the Tang dynasty 300 poems |
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