Seal Name “Unicorn’s Head”

Category

Picture seal, 肖形印 Xiaoxing Yin

Material

Light green serpentine mottled with dark green. Toggle of sea smoothed bone fragment.

Impression.

Yin (intaglio) cut unicorn's head and neck with three stars.

General Description

Serpentine pebble seal.

Other info

The bone toggle can be utilised as a burnisher.

Notes

Heraldic national beast of Scotland. The unicorn is stronger than the elephant, it is swifter than the hart, the unicorn is fiercer than the lion and with all it is wiser than any ordinary beast. It is not pink and fluffy nor plump and cuddly.

Dimensions in millimetres

Height

52 mm

Width

38 mm

Depth

27mm

Impression

30 x 20 mm