The style of purple sand comes down in one continuous line with ancient Indian pottery, which is a continuation of ancient Indian pottery. The purple sand pattern we see today has many similarities with ancient printed pottery, and it is also similar to ancient sealing mud. The purple sand style was first carved, and later it was developed to be covered with cymbals.
Now you don't have to engrave money directly. Compared with ancient pottery printing, Zisha calligraphy has its unique characteristics: First, seal cutting is mostly regular script, which has the legacy of Jin and Tang Dynasties. The style and characteristics impressed by the seal. Many prints in Han and Ming and Qing dynasties are similar. Some tricks are to borrow famous seals directly. For example, Gu Jingzhou imitates the works of Qing Dynasty seal engraver Wu Xizai, and uses the "interesting ancient" seal. The characters used in Zisha calligraphy are mostly regular script, small seal and Miao seal. Appreciating the brushwork of purple sand from the perspective of calligraphy is far less rich and fresh than that of ancient printed pottery. Most of the seals used in purple sand paintings are regular and the patterns are rigorous, which has certain artistic value and appreciation value. Some seals may be made by craftsmen, which are rough and often have typos. Secondly, the content of Zisha brushwork includes producer, customizer, producer, calendar and so on. , as well as the names of lent houses, pavilions and rooms, as well as leisure chapters with multiple meanings. Trademark money also appeared, and the content of ancient pottery was monotonous, which was inseparable from the development of seals (the seals of vegetarian restaurants, pavilions and rooms were used only after the Tang Dynasty) and the development of commodity economy. There are Xiao-shaped seals in ancient Indian pottery, which are not seen in purple sand paintings. Thirdly, purple sand has a sense of style, which is one of the signs of the transformation from practical products to works of art, so that there are famous works that are easy to appreciate and identify. It is not surprising that money and works are integrated, and a pot of gold is worth thousands of dollars. There are more and more fans, collectors, appreciators and researchers of Zisha pottery, which promotes the development of Zisha art.