Artist: Deng Shiru

Date: Qing (1644-1911)

Dimensions: Length 3.1 cm, Width 3.2 cm, Height 5.3 cm

Material: Stone

• Object Type：
  • SEAL
• Location：
  • Chinese Seal Gallery
• Tag：
  • deng shiru qing stone

Deng Shiru was a pioneering calligrapher of the Qing dynasty. His seal carving featured strong calligraphic style with his seal script round and flexible and the cutting techniques natural and smooth. This seal script meaning 'Addicted to reading ancient books and enjoying listening to different voices' was from LunHeng by Wang Chong of the Han dynasty.