Date: Ming (AD 1368-1644)

Unearthed from the Zhu Family Tomb, Liyuan Road, Shanghai in 1969

• Object Type：
  • SEAL

The owner of the seal, ZHU Bao (1481-1533), styled as Ziwen, was once the magistrate of Fuzhou prefecture and made outstanding achievements. Exemplified by ZHU Bao and his son ZHU Chaqing, the Zhus came from a noble background and remained influential in the Shanghai region during the Ming dynasty. ZHU Bao earned his Jinshi degree and became an imperial scholar in the 12th year of Zhengde reign (1517, the ding chou year). To commemorate that, he ordered a pair of seals with the same legend: ding chou jinshi. Both seal knobs were sculpted fully and of superb workmanship. Appearing in white (baiwen) against the inked ground, the legends were created by the traditional ivory and wood carving techniques.

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