These stamps on cultural relics by emperors or private collectors, or collection chops, usually consist of the name and clan of the collector and sometimes an auspicious character or two as they are handed down from generation to generation.
「收藏印」泛指歷代皇帝及私人收藏家鈐蓋在各種文物上的印章，多半只刻上姓名別號或是居住的齋館名稱，以表示「此物曾歸我有」；也有的刻上「子孫永寶」、「永存珍秘」之類的吉祥話，告誡子孫：要妥善照顧先人遺物，不要落到他人之手。