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1907,1111.27

Pressmark 1907,1111.27

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1907,1111.28

Material bronze

Pressmark 1907,1111.28

Item type seal
seal

Title seal

Pressmark 1928,1022.36

Item type seal
Round seal made of intaglio rock crystal. The decoration shows a beardless male person in three-quarter profile. The hair is brushed from the centre of the head and forms a heavy bandeau over forehead and ears which is tied with a fillet. The man wears a bead earring and a plain tunic laced in the front. On either side of the head, three Br_hm_ characters have been incised.

Title Round seal made of intaglio rock crystal.…

Pressmark MAS.165

Item type seal
Elliptical seal made of intaglio garnet. Shown is a woman riding on a lion. She has hair falling over her shoulders and wears a skirt and a heavy girdle. Her upper body is bare and in her left hand, she holds a staff or a standard. The lion is depicted with a wide-open mouth, a forked tongue and a curled up tail. The decoration could be a slightly modified representation of the goddess Cybele, who is normally shown as arriving in a lion-drawn chariot to the accompaniment of music, wine, and a disorderly, ecstatic following. Alternatively, it could be a representation of the Indian goddess Durga who also rides on a lion.

Title Elliptical seal made of intaglio garnet. Shown…

Pressmark MAS.166

Item type seal
Cornelian intaglio seal.

Title Cornelian intaglio seal.

Pressmark MAS.167

Item type seal
Chalcedony intaglio seal.

Title Chalcedony intaglio seal.

Pressmark MAS.169

Item type seal
Ruby intaglio seal.

Title Ruby intaglio seal.

Pressmark MAS.170

Item type seal
Oblong seal made of intaglio garnet. The design shows the bust of a male in three-quarter profile. He wears a crown and a rosette of four beads in an angular setting on his forehead. A plait of hair frames the face. Round the neck of the man is a string of pearls and the cloak that is draped around the shoulders meets in a straight V on the chest.

Title Oblong seal made of intaglio garnet. The…

Pressmark MAS.177

Item type seal
Lapis lazuli intaglio seal.

Title Lapis lazuli intaglio seal.

Pressmark MAS.207

Item type seal
Rectangular seal made of lignite. The object is pierced horizontally and bears an inscription consisting of four Chinese characters on one side.

Title Rectangular seal made of lignite. The object…

Pressmark MAS.524

Item type seal
Lignite seal of a pyramidal shape, pierced through the apex. The square base is decorated with the depiction of a man wearing a crown, head turned towards the left.

Title Lignite seal of a pyramidal shape, pierced…

Pressmark MAS.564

Item type seal
Wooden fragment. The oblong piece of wood is decorated with an incised pattern on one side. The decoration consists of alternating plain and dashed bands as well as two four-petalled flowers set within a circle. Two holes have been drilled into the wood.

Title Wooden fragment. The oblong piece of wood…

Pressmark MAS.566

Item type seal
Ink seal made of the tip of a horn. The design consists of a lotus throne upon which one Svastika and two Tibetan characters have been incised. A hole has been drilled into the object for suspension.

Title Ink seal made of the tip of…

Pressmark MAS.606

Item type seal
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Title Seal (part of). Made of clay.

Pressmark MAS.805.b

Item type seal
Seal made of wood. The object has a cubical shape and grooves on one side, the carving of seal-face was begun but not finished. The single (?) Chinese character is illegible.

Title Seal made of wood. The object has…

Pressmark MAS.824

Item type seal
Oblong wooden block. The use of this object is unclear but it was probably meant to be made into a block-seal.

Title Oblong wooden block. The use of this…

Pressmark MAS.830

Item type seal
Oblong wooden block with a decoration painted in ink (?). The decoration consists of two cross-diagonals, the resulting four spaces are filled with one dash each. The use of this object is unclear but it was probably meant to be made into a block-seal.

Title Oblong wooden block with a decoration painted…

Pressmark MAS.831

Item type seal
Oblong wooden block with a decoration painted in ink (?). The decoration consists of two cross-diagonals, the resulting four spaces are filled with dashes and dots. The use of this object is unclear but it was probably meant to be made into a block-seal.

Title Oblong wooden block with a decoration painted…

Pressmark MAS.832

Item type seal
Seal made of wood. The seal consists of an oblong wooden block that has been cut away on one end to form the sealing face. This consists of one Chinese character only that is no longer legible. Traces of red ink can still be seen.

Title Seal made of wood. The seal consists…

Pressmark MAS.833

Item type seal
Fragment of a wooden block seal that has broken in half. Two of the originally four Chinese characters remain, one of which is yin (_/seal). The seal broke along the hole that has been drilled almost completely through the object.

Title Fragment of a wooden block seal that…

Pressmark MAS.834

Item type seal

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