Title
Seals and side/top views. Guanhailou Collection ex libris seals (觀海樓藏書印)
Description
Seals began to be used in China in the 6th century, if not earlier, to designate ownership. Displayed here are four personal ex libris seals that were created for RBS faculty member Soren Edgren’s Guanhailou Library and that are also used for instruction at RBS. Each seal bears a different design made by a highly skilled artisan. As displayed left to right: Shoushan stone cut by Yu Weiguo (b. 1953); Shoushan stone cut by Zhou Jianguo (b. 1956); Qingtian stone cut by Chen Fengzi (1912–2008); and Qingtian stone cut by Qian Juntao (1906–1998).
Source
On loan from the personal collection of Soren Edgren.