Engraving Machines Information Center-EMICThe History of Seal engraving
Seal engraving (Traditional Chinese: 邊刻; Simplified Chinese: 边刻), or more precisely, the side-engraving of seal, is a kind of traditional seal arts originated from ancient China and mainly popular in East Asian countries, including South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.. It mainly focuses on the side-surfaces of a seal, not the bottom or head of a seal. It decorates the sides of a seal by engraving literal or pictorial stuffs.[1]
The history of such art can be traced back such as Late Zhou or Qin Dynasties, when the government or official seals had some short notations on their side surfaces, such as indicating the owner of the seal (by engraving the owner’s name), the maker of the seal (by engraving the craftsman’s name), the time/date of making this seal. But during that periods of time, such notations only occasionally appeared, and their words were normally very brief and short.
In the Late Yuan Dynasty, such art style became more popular, accompanying with the appearance of some great and specialized seal artists, such as Wang Mien (王冕).
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the seal engraving art was commonly seen. The art became prosperous first in Mid and Late Ming Dynasty, when the scholar-artists became dominant in southeast China.
The art also spread to or appeared in Japan and Korea.
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Title: CNC_3D_engraving_machine_for_wooden_decorationPublished: Sep 29,2010
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