<p>the seal is read as “陳涓”, most likely is the name of the artist.</p>
<p>i would suggest try to find info about “潮州” &amp; “陳涓” of early 20th century.</p>
<p><a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E9%99%B3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=陳</a></p>
<p><a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E6%B6%93" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=涓</a></p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2022-06-28T12:33:04.487Z
I think the top-right of the 涓 character in the image has some problems when compared to authentic seal script.
dROOOze
CC BY-SA 4.0
2022-06-28T13:20:51.550Z
I am not an expert,  this site provides a good starting point about the 涓 character in the image [link] (http://zidian.shufaai.com/shufazi/juan_2098_1.html)
envs_h_gang_5
CC BY-SA 4.0
2022-06-28T14:03:36.197Z
@dROOOze, the top right component is “expressed” as a stand-alone “口”, imo  http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=口
水巷孑蠻
CC BY-SA 4.0
2022-06-28T12:09:06.017Z
2022-06-28T12:09:06.017Z
水巷孑蠻
<p>I inherited a number of Chinese paintings from my grand-father who bought them in the south China seas in 1918-1919, and hope<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/zXynU.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/zXynU.jpg" alt="flying birds" /></a> to find who the artists were from the seals.</p>

<character-identification><seal>
help identifying artist seals
# help identifying artist seals

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-06-28)

I inherited a number of Chinese paintings from my grand-father who bought them in the south China seas in 1918-1919, and hope[![flying birds](https://i.sstatic.net/zXynU.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/zXynU.jpg) to find who the artists were from the seals.

**Tags:** character-identification, seal


---

## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-06-28. Score: 2

the seal is read as “陳涓”, most likely is the name of the artist.

i would suggest try to find info about “潮州” & “陳涓” of early 20th century.

[http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=陳](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E9%99%B3)

[http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=涓](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E6%B6%93)

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I think the top-right of the 涓 character in the image has some problems when compared to authentic seal script.  
> **username_3**: I am not an expert,  this site provides a good starting point about the 涓 character in the image [link] (http://zidian.shufaai.com/shufazi/juan_2098_1.html)  
> **username_1**: @username_2, the top right component is “expressed” as a stand-alone “口”, imo  http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=口  

---

