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Hello, I have this Chinese seal and I will be happy to know what is the name that is signed on it, it’s well made seal with a carved citrus medica var on it ( Buddha’s hand ), I will appreciate any help with translation

One side seems to read similar to 謝禮鈞贈, which is about appreciation for a gift. the other side is signed with the seal carver's studio name or art name Mozhai 默齋 and dated autumn 癸酉 (1933/1873?). Anything on the base?

Hi, thank you for the info,
yes there is a carved seal to the base
i have atteched a picture of it

this should be right up mikeoz's alley, hopefully he will see your post soon.

...or 1993. The characters on the base are carved in a rather contemporary "font" and are a transliteration into Chinese of a foreign name. In other words, this seal was carved for a non-Chinese, most likely as a tourist item. The characters are 塔爾鮑金娜, which in Chinese sounds like "ta-er, bao-jin-na". That would be gibberish to Chinese people but is probably meant an attempt to turn into Chinese a name along the lines of "Taylor, Virginia" (surnames come first in Chinese)--as mikeoz suggested

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