Stone Drum Inscriptions; large seal script
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inscriptions on the Stone Drums; the script style used in these inscriptions
Refers specifically to the ten drum-shaped stone artifacts from the Qin state during the Warring States period (475–221 BCE), discovered in the early Tang Dynasty in Fengxiang, Shaanxi. The inscriptions are composed in four-character verses and represent a crucial example of large seal script (大篆) calligraphy. The artifacts are currently housed in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
The Stone Drum Inscriptions are precious cultural relics left behind by the Qin state during the Warring States period.
Those who study large seal script calligraphy must practice by copying the Stone Drum Inscriptions.
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These ten Stone Drum artifacts are currently preserved in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
The Stone Drum Inscriptions were discovered in Fengxiang, Shaanxi, in the early Tang Dynasty.