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Methods of Seal Carving In Qajar Era

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Mohammad Sadegh Mirzaabolghasemi 1
Hassanali Pourmand 2
1 Associate Professor, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz University, Shiraz City, Fars Province, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Art, university of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran, Iran.
10.22070/negareh.2011.5079
Abstract
There were two general methods for making and production of traditional seals in Qajar Era. These methods were defined and designated according to the raw material of the seals i.e stone or metal. So the process of preceding engraving, ranging from the construction of the seals or appearance features should not be known as the methods of seal carving. These characteristics often associated with the professions which are related to the seal making or explains their roles in bureaucratic works. In Qajar Era, stone seals were often made of agate and metal seals were made of brass. However, the phases of seal making before carving, such as text writing, composition and "chap nevisi" were the same in both methods. The tools used for carving metal seals were very simple and delicate and the stone seals were usually engraved by a machine called “Aqiq-kan” ''agate- carver". Actually, Qajar engravers' proficiency in exploiting of these simple tools and their knowledge of relating crafts to carving were quite decisive in making and presenting of high-grade seals in Qajar Era. In this paper, seal engraving styles in Qajar period based on historical - description research and field collection methods, the intervertebral titles brass (steel) and seals agate (stone) have been analyzed.
Keywords
carving
seal carving
making of seals
Qajar Era
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Negareh Journal
Volume 6, Issue 20
Winter 2011
Pages 59-67

  • Receive Date 25 May 2011
  • Revise Date 26 November 2011
  • Accept Date 07 December 2011
  • Publish Date 22 December 2011