{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@type":"sc:Manifest","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/7779d540-4b1d-46c3-9ec5-000e51738ef5/manifest","label":"gaa_carved-shou-shan-stone-seal_658_658","metadata":[{"label":"Identifier","value":"gaa_carved-shou-shan-stone-seal_658_658"},{"label":"Citation","value":"Object Name, Date Original (if known), GettDigital: Asian Art Collection, Special Collections / Musselman Library, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Access Date, Link to Item"},{"label":"Repository","value":"Special Collections and College Archives, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College"},{"label":"Inventory Number","value":"658"},{"label":"Part of","value":["Asian Art GettDigital Collection"]},{"label":"Provenance","value":"The Estate of Prof. Frank Kramer; A note from Dr. Frank Kramer's folder \"Oriental Art-Inventory/Copy #1 (in Kramer's box 4, file #17), refers to these items as: \"China, carved Show Shan stone seal. Height 3 9/16\", 19th century or earlier. Carved of white Show Shan stone into the regular shape of a Chinese seal. Seal style letters used. This apparently was a scholar's seal. Presented to us 7/15/51 by the Chen's.\" A description on the seal from Mr. Chao-Ming Chen, the antique dealer, \"Carved of white Shou Shan stone in the regular shape of a Chinese seal. The handle of this specimen is carved in Seal Style consisting of seven Chinese characters, which reads, 'Ping Sheng Chi Chieh Kuan Cheng Yuan,' meaning 'For all my life I have only made an intimate relationship with the brush' (the ancient Chinese ruler gave a special name for the Chinese brush, 'Kuan Cheng Tzu.' This seal shows that it was used by a scholar who used the brush constantly and shows that he was a great writer.\" (Scrapbook # 3, Jade, Box 6)."},{"label":"Genre","value":["Artifacts"]},{"label":"Object Location","value":"J.11"},{"label":"Date","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1800 - D:00 M:00 Y:2000"},{"label":"Date Original","value":"19th-20th century CE"},{"label":"Measurement","value":"Height: 8.6 cm; Square base 4 x 4 cm"},{"label":"Medium","value":["Shou Shan stone, opaque","Other stones"]},{"label":"Country of Origin","value":["China"]},{"label":"Description","value":"This well carved Shou Shan seal has a square base and a tall shape. The animal niu (or knob) is a good example of fine seal carving; it is intricately pierced and fashioned into two writhing Lung (dragon) with an extending spiral winding around and dividing it into two tiers. The Lung is depicted as the Yang Principle of Nature, as it is formed on Taoistic ritual vessels used in sacrificial offerings to the Influences of the Heavenly Realms.* The snake-like body of the bigger Lung curls around the tiers; its head slightly turnec to one side while the small one looks upward, trying to peak through the open space. The sides of the seal are left unadorned. The most important aspect for the literati was the engraving of the characters which enabled the scholar's self-expression. The bottom base is boldly carved with a scholar's expression: (ping sheng zhi jie guan cheng yuan), meaning 'For all my life I have only made an intimate relationship with the brush.' The characters are carved in Clerical style (or more accurately between Seal script and Clerical style). The style of the calligraphy is regular and formal with well-balanced characters. All is sophisticatedly and smoothly finished in an opaque creamy, white colored Shou Shan stone that originates from the fields, river beds, or sky-high mountains of Shou Shan village, NE of Fuzhou, SE of the Fujian Province, China. Not only an indispensable object in the Chinese literati's study, the seal is a scholar's personal statement or artistic expression. A classical Chinese scholar's studio is comprised of the writing brush, the ink stone, the ink stick, the paper, the ink-stone, the seals, the paper weight, the brush holder, the brush washer, the water dropper, and the brush rest. * Reference from Nott, Stanley Charles, Chinese Jades in the Stanley Charles Nott Collection (p 21)."},{"label":"Title","value":"Carved Shou Shan Stone Seal"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Materials available through GettDigital encompass a wide range of works, many of which are in the public domain. However, some items may still be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. Users are responsible for determining the copyright status of materials and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws when reproducing or publishing these works. Items in our GettDigital Collections are for educational use. For assistance in understanding rights, obtaining permissions, or requesting files for publication or research purposes, please contact us at <a href=\"www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist\">www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist</a>"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/2163"}],"description":"Carved Shou Shan Stone Seal","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/7779d540-4b1d-46c3-9ec5-000e51738ef5/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"gaa_658","height":2616,"width":1032,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/8705cd38-377c-427f-aeeb-766825916bfe/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/8705cd38-377c-427f-aeeb-766825916bfe","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4,8]}]},"height":2616,"width":1032},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/7779d540-4b1d-46c3-9ec5-000e51738ef5/canvas/_1","metadata":[{"label":"Identifier","value":"gaa_658"},{"label":"Title","value":"Side"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/2161"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/8705cd38-377c-427f-aeeb-766825916bfe/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/7779d540-4b1d-46c3-9ec5-000e51738ef5/canvas/_2","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"gaa_658-bottom","height":1512,"width":1500,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/da29995d-88f6-414b-af50-82ddc33febd2/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/da29995d-88f6-414b-af50-82ddc33febd2","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"},"height":1512,"width":1500},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/7779d540-4b1d-46c3-9ec5-000e51738ef5/canvas/_2","metadata":[{"label":"Identifier","value":"gaa_658-bottom"},{"label":"Title","value":"Bottom"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/2162"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/da29995d-88f6-414b-af50-82ddc33febd2/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/7779d540-4b1d-46c3-9ec5-000e51738ef5/canvas/_3","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"gaa_658-front","height":2636,"width":1076,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/1cf2d2c3-90c6-4aa6-95c8-3eb5f50cf1fc/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/1cf2d2c3-90c6-4aa6-95c8-3eb5f50cf1fc","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"},"height":2636,"width":1076},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/7779d540-4b1d-46c3-9ec5-000e51738ef5/canvas/_3","metadata":[{"label":"Identifier","value":"gaa_658-front"},{"label":"Title","value":"Front"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/2160"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/1cf2d2c3-90c6-4aa6-95c8-3eb5f50cf1fc/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/8705cd38-377c-427f-aeeb-766825916bfe/full/300,300/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/logo"}