Collecting ancient seals is very learned. How to appraise the value of ancient seals?

The materials used in ancient seals are very extensive, including bronze, copper, brass, gold, silver, lead, iron, hetian jade, agate, amber, coal essence, crystal, turquoise, wood, ivory, animal bones, rhinoceros horn, pottery, porcelain and so on. Before the Qin Dynasty, people were free to choose materials in printing, "to suit their own needs". Since the Qin dynasty, there have been strict regulations on the materials used for seals of different official ranks within the scope of public seal. In the Han dynasty, these regulations were further improved and formed a system. For example, the emperor's seal is made of white jade; The seals of the queen and the princes are all gold seals (the princes used gold seals in the Western Han Dynasty); The crown prince, prime minister, general and suggestion all use gold seal (that is, bronze gold seal); Rank ratio of two thousand stones, all printed in silver; Rank 1000 stone above, 600 stone and 400 stone are all printed in bronze. Although this printing system changed slightly in the later dynasties, it was still used in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Shanghai Hongsheng International Exhibition Service Co., Ltd. collects fine antiques all the year round.

China's calligraphy and painting: fine paintings by famous painters and modern celebrities in past dynasties;

China ceramics: fine ceramics of past dynasties, mainly Yuan, Ming and Qing, with Song porcelain being the best; Emerald jade: Ming and Qing jade, high ancient jade and modern jade, which require good jade quality, skillful carving and good skin color.

Miscellaneous products: stationery, purple sand, seals, tooth carvings, inkstones, rare books and so on. Antique miscellaneous, porcelain, jade carving, fine jadeite, ivory carving, teapot, guyan, high-quality agarwood, returned overseas cultural relics.

Interested parties can send pictures of the collection to our mailbox first, and we will inform you whether the collection meets our collection requirements within three working days. For the collections that meet the collection requirements, you can bring the physical objects to our company for further appraisal by our experts (all senior researchers in China Palace Museum), and then we can sign an auction contract with you to send your collections to our auction. Liu Jingli, Art Collection Department.