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Bronze seal with inscription "Mingwei jiangjun yin", Northern Wei dynasty, c. mid-5th century

• Image Number: K1A000420N000000000PAG
• Dynasty: Wei, Jin, Southern & Northern Dynasties (Six Dynasties)
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: 印璽
• Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
• Description:
  龜鈕形態粗獷，氣勢雄壯，印體厚重，印面刀鑿「明威將軍印」白文5字，草率不整。其實「印」字只刻上半字，此屬北魏印文特徵，河北省景縣出土〈冠軍將軍印〉及〈高城侯印〉，為北魏太和8年（484）時物，與本印形制相同可證。