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<p>This says 「無聲詩」 (<em>silent poetry</em>), which is a phrase used to describe <em>paintings</em> - a piece of art that captures the beauty of poetry, but can't be recited.</p>

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2023-11-04T09:14:33.330Z
Thank you very much.
Pip Schofield
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2023-11-04T09:16:04.450Z
@PipSchofield please mark the answer as solved if this answers your question.
dROOOze
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2023-11-04T09:17:06.050Z
Do you know at what time period this would have been used?
Pip Schofield
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2023-11-04T09:18:30.467Z
@PipSchofield unfortunately not, I can't find anything from the text itself. I'm not a connoisseur of these kinds of artifacts, maybe someone who is can give you more info.
dROOOze
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2023-11-05T12:27:13.110Z
Is it possible this seal was used on a painting by the artist or perhaps someone who appreciated a painting?
Pip Schofield
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2023-11-05T18:15:22.657Z
@PipSchofield yes, this would be an art seal with a poetic phrase (rather than a name or date). If used on a painting, most likely it's a secondary seal; you would find the name of the artist on another seal in the painting. You can run a translation program on [this article](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%B0%E7%AB%A0_(%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%9E)#%E4%B9%A6%E6%B3%95%E8%88%87%E7%B9%AA%E7%95%AB%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81%E4%B8%AD%E7%9A%84%E5%BA%94%E7%94%A8) for some more examples.
dROOOze
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2023-11-07T16:36:08.717Z
Thanks very much for your help. Are you able to read the second seal please?
Pip Schofield
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2023-11-07T19:32:42.727Z
@PipSchofield I see the characters 宆見, but can't make sense of this.
dROOOze
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2023-11-03T07:13:39.473Z
2023-11-03T07:13:39.473Z
dROOOze
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/1M9g8.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/1M9g8.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Sb3T0.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Sb3T0.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/0hTSB.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0hTSB.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/KdvgZ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KdvgZ.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a>enter image description hereI have two bronze seals in the form of tigers which I think may be Korean , the first with characters in what I think is Chinese small seal script the second in a normal type os script; Could any one help with reading the characters please. I attach photos:
Thanking you in advance
Philip<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/lKFTi.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lKFTi.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2023-10-30T13:42:42.537Z
Do you mind uploading the second seal? It may provide enough context to decipher this seal. I suspect it says 詩聲 but the second character is unclear.
dROOOze
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2023-11-01T21:55:41.430Z
Uploaded  pic of seal and another seal
Pip Schofield
<translation><character-identification><seal>
Seal script translation
# Seal script translation

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-10-30)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/1M9g8.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/1M9g8.jpg)[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Sb3T0.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Sb3T0.jpg)[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/0hTSB.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/0hTSB.jpg)[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/KdvgZ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/KdvgZ.jpg)enter image description hereI have two bronze seals in the form of tigers which I think may be Korean , the first with characters in what I think is Chinese small seal script the second in a normal type os script; Could any one help with reading the characters please. I attach photos:
Thanking you in advance
Philip[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/lKFTi.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/lKFTi.jpg)

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

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Do you mind uploading the second seal? It may provide enough context to decipher this seal. I suspect it says 詩聲 but the second character is unclear.  
> **username_0**: Uploaded  pic of seal and another seal  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-11-03. Score: 1

[![詩聲無](https://i.sstatic.net/FRtwXm.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/FRtwXm.png)

[![詩聲無](https://i.sstatic.net/vLHxg.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/vLHxg.png)

This says 「無聲詩」 (*silent poetry*), which is a phrase used to describe *paintings* - a piece of art that captures the beauty of poetry, but can't be recited.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you very much.  
> **username_1**: @username_0 please mark the answer as solved if this answers your question.  
> **username_0**: Do you know at what time period this would have been used?  
> **username_1**: @username_0 unfortunately not, I can't find anything from the text itself. I'm not a connoisseur of these kinds of artifacts, maybe someone who is can give you more info.  
> **username_0**: Is it possible this seal was used on a painting by the artist or perhaps someone who appreciated a painting?  
> **username_1**: @username_0 yes, this would be an art seal with a poetic phrase (rather than a name or date). If used on a painting, most likely it's a secondary seal; you would find the name of the artist on another seal in the painting. You can run a translation program on [this article](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%B0%E7%AB%A0_(%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%9E)#%E4%B9%A6%E6%B3%95%E8%88%87%E7%B9%AA%E7%95%AB%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81%E4%B8%AD%E7%9A%84%E5%BA%94%E7%94%A8) for some more examples.  
> **username_0**: Thanks very much for your help. Are you able to read the second seal please?  
> **username_1**: @username_0 I see the characters 宆見, but can't make sense of this.  

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