seal script; seal-engraving style
Refers to the ancient style of writing Chinese characters used especially for seals and formal inscriptions. A technical term in calligraphy and East Asian art history.
Seal script is a calligraphic style often used for personal seals.
Characters are carved on this stone monument in seal script.
From Chinese 篆書 (zhuànshū), literally 'seal writing'. The term has been used in Japanese since at least the Heian period to refer to this ancient calligraphic style.