<p>To the best of my knowledge, the content of this seal might be &quot;林散之印&quot;, with the upper right character being &quot;林&quot;, the upper right being &quot;散&quot;, lower left &quot;之&quot; and lower right &quot;印&quot;. The following is the picture obtained by searching &quot;<a href="https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=%E6%9E%97%E6%95%A3%E4%B9%8B%E5%8D%B0&amp;newwindow=1&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj7x5Of8Yj0AhWHy4sBHfgxATUQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&amp;biw=1340&amp;bih=692&amp;dpr=1.38" rel="nofollow noreferrer">林散之印</a>&quot; on Google.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/zkqxw.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/zkqxw.jpg" alt="林散之印" /></a></p>
<p>Sanzhi Lin (<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E6%9E%97%E6%95%A3%E4%B9%8B" rel="nofollow noreferrer">林散之</a>) is a Chinese calligrapher and painter who was born in 1898 and died in 1989. He was good at cursive calligraphy (<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh/%E8%8D%89%E4%B9%A6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">草书</a>).</p>
<p>I don’t know the specific age of the silkscreen painting in question, so I’m not sure if he had paintings or calligraphy works on it.</p>
<p>I hope that helps!</p>

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<p>I've been trying to decipher this seal from a silkscreen painting by using guoxuedashi and other websites.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/iD6Rf.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/iD6Rf.jpg" alt="seal" /></a></p>
<p>I believe the first character is 林.
The second looks similar to 鹿 but I have no idea.</p>
<p>The last two characters are difficult to make out, so I've tried to highlight what lines are visible but had to do a lot of guesswork on the last character.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/0cPK2.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0cPK2.jpg" alt="highlighted seal" /></a></p>
<p>I would appreciate any help with interpreting the seal.</p>

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What are the characters in this seal?
# What are the characters in this seal?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-04)

I've been trying to decipher this seal from a silkscreen painting by using guoxuedashi and other websites.

[![seal](https://i.sstatic.net/iD6Rf.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/iD6Rf.jpg)

I believe the first character is 林.
The second looks similar to 鹿 but I have no idea.

The last two characters are difficult to make out, so I've tried to highlight what lines are visible but had to do a lot of guesswork on the last character.

[![highlighted seal](https://i.sstatic.net/0cPK2.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/0cPK2.jpg)

I would appreciate any help with interpreting the seal.

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

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-11-08. Score: 1

To the best of my knowledge, the content of this seal might be "林散之印", with the upper right character being "林", the upper right being "散", lower left "之" and lower right "印". The following is the picture obtained by searching "[林散之印](https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=%E6%9E%97%E6%95%A3%E4%B9%8B%E5%8D%B0&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7x5Of8Yj0AhWHy4sBHfgxATUQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1340&bih=692&dpr=1.38)" on Google.

[![林散之印](https://i.sstatic.net/zkqxw.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/zkqxw.jpg)

Sanzhi Lin ([林散之](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E6%9E%97%E6%95%A3%E4%B9%8B)) is a Chinese calligrapher and painter who was born in 1898 and died in 1989. He was good at cursive calligraphy ([草书](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh/%E8%8D%89%E4%B9%A6)).

I don’t know the specific age of the silkscreen painting in question, so I’m not sure if he had paintings or calligraphy works on it.

I hope that helps!


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