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A carved seal in red.
Also known as: Chinese name seal, Yinzhang
The Chinese personal seal carrying the owner's name, impressed in red paste on documents and artworks.
Identifies the owner on documents, correspondence and artworks.
Contexts: History, Public information
Cut in relief or intaglio, giving red characters on white or white characters on red, and a collector reads the two as deliberately contrasting styles rather than as alternatives.
Contexts: History, Public information
On a painting or a piece of calligraphy the seals accumulate: each owner adds theirs, so the impressions record a chain of custody across centuries.
Contexts: History, Public information
A square or circular seal face carrying the name in seal script, impressed in red paste, cut either in relief so the characters print red or intaglio so they print white.