Longyou 龍友 means “dragon friend.” Chinese language chop with two red characters from right to left, with two characters looking like three. Image is not to scale.

• Inscription: 龍友
• Pinyin: long you
• Collection: Nancy Friedemann
• Material: (deer) antler
• Carver’s mark: 魯 二0一0
• Size: 2 x 1.7 cm.
• Date: September 2010
• Registry: cs187

The characters start to break up a bit in the center because the antler from which the seal was carved has a soft core and doesn’t take detail well. Deer are a symbol of long life in China, and Chinese dragons are depicted with the horns of a deer.