<h3 id="regular-script-transcription-k61g"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%9A%B8%E5%AE%9A" rel="noreferrer">Regular script transcription</a></h3>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/eovuf.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/eovuf.jpg" alt="Regular script transcription" /></a></p>
<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script_(East_Asia)" rel="noreferrer">cursive calligraphy</a> says</p>
<pre><code>作廣
　城
</code></pre>
<blockquote>
<p>Work of 廣城 (Mandarin Pinyin: <strong>Guǎng Chéng</strong>)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The seal says</p>
<pre><code>⿸厂 （廣）
    （城）
</code></pre>
<blockquote>
<p>廣城</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Where 廣城 is the artist's name (probably using a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonym" rel="noreferrer">pseudonym</a>).</p>
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<h3 id="notes-on-seal-character-identification-q6n7">Notes on seal character identification</h3>
<h4 id="section-y7b9">⿸厂（廣）</h4>
<p>「廣」 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructions_of_Old_Chinese#Baxter%E2%80%93Sagart_(2014)" rel="noreferrer">Baxter-Sagart OC</a>: <strong>/*kʷˤaŋʔ/</strong>, <em>large hall</em> &gt; <em>wide, expansive</em>) is comprised of semantic <a href="https://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian?kaiOrder=26720" rel="noreferrer">「广」 (<em>building</em>)</a> and phonetic 「黃」 (<strong>/*qʷˤaŋ/</strong>, <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/a/33478/18338">now written as 「尪」</a>).</p>
<p>This variation of 「廣」 corrupts 「广」 into 「厂」, and corrupts 「黃」 into 「」, probably by something like the following sequence:</p>
<p><kbd><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Zhou" rel="noreferrer">西周</a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_bronze_inscriptions" rel="noreferrer">金</a><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/B0LBe.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/B0LBe.png" alt="黃" /></a><br>耳尊<br><a href="http://www.guoxuedashi.net/yzjwjc/?bh=6007&amp;jgwfl=" rel="noreferrer">集成6007</a></kbd><kbd><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warring_States_period" rel="noreferrer">戰國</a>・<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_(state)" rel="noreferrer">楚</a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_and_wooden_slips" rel="noreferrer">簡</a><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/rshMM.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/rshMM.png" alt="黃" /></a><br>33<br>包山竹簡</kbd><kbd><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_seal_script" rel="noreferrer">篆</a><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/7fJtg.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/7fJtg.png" alt="" /></a><br><a href="https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=gb&amp;file=77392&amp;page=68" rel="noreferrer">黃部・古文</a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuowen_Jiezi" rel="noreferrer">說文解字</a></kbd><kbd><br><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%9A%B8%E5%AE%9A" rel="noreferrer">隸定</a><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/qjWBz.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/qjWBz.png" alt="" /></a><br><br>　</kbd></p>
<h4 id="section-1-3sin">（城）</h4>
<p>「城」 (<strong>/*[d]eŋ/</strong>, <em>city walls</em>) is comprised of semantic 「土」 (<em>ground</em>, indicating <em>a place to be defended</em>) and simultaneously semantic and phonetic 「成」 (which is the original form of 「城」).</p>
<p>Earlier variations of 「城」 used semantic <a href="https://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian?kaiOrder=21597" rel="noreferrer">「」 (<em>outer city wall</em></a>, now written as 「郭」) instead.</p>
<p><kbd>西周<br>金<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/0FzUI.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0FzUI.png" alt="" /></a><br>班簋<br><a href="http://www.guoxuedashi.net/yzjwjc/?bh=4341&amp;jgwfl=" rel="noreferrer">集成4341</a></kbd><kbd><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_period" rel="noreferrer">春秋</a><br>金<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Qvd3O.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Qvd3O.png" alt="" /></a><br>4.2677<br>金文總集</kbd><kbd><br>篆<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8f4eH.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8f4eH.png" alt="" /></a><br><a href="https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=gb&amp;file=77392&amp;page=63" rel="noreferrer">土部・籀文</a><br>說文解字</kbd><kbd><br>隸定<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/XNHYh.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/XNHYh.png" alt="" /></a><br><br>　</kbd></p>

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<p>The painting shows a landscape with trees, boats on water, and a mountain in the background.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/yyDeM.jpg" alt="photo" /></p>

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What is the signature and red seal on my landscape painting? (Characters identified: 廣城作)
# What is the signature and red seal on my landscape painting? (Characters identified: 廣城作)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-07-23)

The painting shows a landscape with trees, boats on water, and a mountain in the background.

![photo](https://i.sstatic.net/yyDeM.jpg)

**Tags:** translation, character-identification, seal, calligraphy


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-07-24. Score: 5

### [Regular script transcription](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%9A%B8%E5%AE%9A)

[![Regular script transcription](https://i.sstatic.net/eovuf.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/eovuf.jpg)

The [cursive calligraphy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script_(East_Asia)) says

```
作廣
　城

```

> Work of 廣城 (Mandarin Pinyin: **Guǎng Chéng**)

The seal says

```
⿸厂 （廣）
    （城）

```

> 廣城

Where 廣城 is the artist's name (probably using a [pseudonym](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonym)).

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### Notes on seal character identification

#### ⿸厂（廣）

「廣」 ([Baxter-Sagart OC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructions_of_Old_Chinese#Baxter%E2%80%93Sagart_(2014)): **/\*kʷˤaŋʔ/**, *large hall* > *wide, expansive*) is comprised of semantic [「广」 (*building*)](https://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian?kaiOrder=26720) and phonetic 「黃」 (**/\*qʷˤaŋ/**, [now written as 「尪」](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/a/33478/18338)).

This variation of 「廣」 corrupts 「广」 into 「厂」, and corrupts 「黃」 into 「」, probably by something like the following sequence:

`西周  
金  
![黃](https://i.sstatic.net/B0LBe.png)  
耳尊  
集成6007``戰國・楚  
簡  
![黃](https://i.sstatic.net/rshMM.png)  
33  
包山竹簡` `篆  
![](https://i.sstatic.net/7fJtg.png)  
黃部・古文  
說文解字` `隸定  
![](https://i.sstatic.net/qjWBz.png)`

#### （城）

「城」 (**/\*[d]eŋ/**, *city walls*) is comprised of semantic 「土」 (*ground*, indicating *a place to be defended*) and simultaneously semantic and phonetic 「成」 (which is the original form of 「城」).

Earlier variations of 「城」 used semantic [「」 (*outer city wall*](https://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian?kaiOrder=21597), now written as 「郭」) instead.

`西周  
金  
![](https://i.sstatic.net/0FzUI.png)  
班簋  
集成4341``春秋  
金  
![](https://i.sstatic.net/Qvd3O.png)  
4.2677  
金文總集` `篆  
![](https://i.sstatic.net/8f4eH.png)  
土部・籀文  
說文解字` `隸定  
![](https://i.sstatic.net/XNHYh.png)`


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