a carved seal or the art of seal engraving

the small or lesser seal script, the form of Chinese characters standardized by the Qin dynasty

seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)

Used narrowly to refer specifically to the Zhouwen script style from the late Western Zhou dynasty.

bird characters (a decorative form of the Great Seal script)

insignificant literary pursuits or minor artistic skills

A collective term referring to both the earlier great seal script and the standardized small seal script of the Qin period.

craftsman engaged in carving characters