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<p>[QUOTE="blooey, post: 983492, member: 12007"]Oriental signatures on artworks were accompanied very often by stamped marks - in painting, we see these stamped marks as small red rectangles or circles. The stamp is a carved device, often stone, known in the west as a "chop". These "chops" can be quite elaborately carved themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Western artists, emulating or in admiration of oriental art, sometimes have personal logos or devices cast/carved and stamp their work in similar fashion. </p><p><br /></p><p>You see a lot of "chop marks" used on modern era studio pottery in lieu of a written signature.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a basic carved "chop"</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]205507[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="blooey, post: 983492, member: 12007"]Oriental signatures on artworks were accompanied very often by stamped marks - in painting, we see these stamped marks as small red rectangles or circles. The stamp is a carved device, often stone, known in the west as a "chop". These "chops" can be quite elaborately carved themselves. Western artists, emulating or in admiration of oriental art, sometimes have personal logos or devices cast/carved and stamp their work in similar fashion. You see a lot of "chop marks" used on modern era studio pottery in lieu of a written signature. Here is a basic carved "chop" [ATTACH=full]205507[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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