1, name stamp
Name badge, also called name seal. Most of the famous seals used in calligraphy and painting are square, which are the signature seals of inscriptions. The name stamp is stamped with one or a pair directly below the inscription.
2. Leisure articles
Leisure stamps refer to seals other than names, study rooms, official positions and library seals. Artists who are good at seal cutting and calligraphy and painting generally have many seals. These many seals, except the name and font size, are collectively called "idle printing" in Indian studies.
Step 3 collect seals
Collection identification stamp is a kind of stamp for appreciation collectors. Collecting seals became popular after the Tang and Song Dynasties. The use of collection seals depends on the size of calligraphy and painting, so as not to damage the words and pictures. For the sake of their immortality, some collectors often destroy the map when they stamp it, so be careful.
Basic classification
There are many kinds of seals, which can basically be divided into official seals and private seals.
Official seal: official seal. The official seals of past dynasties have their own systems, not only with different names, but also with different shapes, sizes, seals and buttons. The seal is issued by the royal family, representing power, used to distinguish official ranks and show the rank of knight. The official seal is generally larger than the private seal, cautious and steady, relatively square, with a nose button.
Private seal: the general name of seals other than official seals. Private printing system is complex, which can be divided into many categories from the aspects of word meaning, text arrangement, production method, printing materials and composition form.