4th year of Yongyuan's reign of the Eastern Han Dynasty£¨A.D.92£©
Unearthed at Yanshi County, Henan Province
Height: 139cm
Width: 73cm
Thickness: 21cm
The inscription on the stele records the biographical sketch of Yuan An, who was an official of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The calligraphy on this tablet of Yuan An is a variation based on the seal characters of the Qin Dynasty. Influenced by the clerical script of the Han Dynasty, it changed the roundish style into a somewhat squarish style, which make the characters look free and relaxed and squarish in a round framework.
