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Xiling Seal Society

Gushan islet, West Lake, Hangzhou

What Xiling Seal Society is known for

Founded in 1904 on Gushan islet, the Xiling Seal Society is an institution devoted to seal engraving and stone-carved calligraphy, and its shop supplies hand-cut name seals, cinnabar seal paste, brushes and ink. Each object is checked by the society's craftsmen, continuing a scholarly tradition that has gathered seal artists for more than a century.

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