A Group of Three Soapstone Scholar Seals Qing Dynasty, 19th / 20th Century

comprising: a translucent seal of toffee-brown colour, the upper section carved in low relief with a sinous dragon, one side incised with four characters reading Sanqiuge cang ('Sanqiuge collection'), the square seal face carved with six characters reading Guan gu jin yu xu yu (a line from Lu Ji's wen fu demonstrating the power of creativity); a pebble-shaped russet hardstone seal carved in low relief with a cicada gripping on a willow branch, next to an inscription reading Qiu chan tu ('Autumnal portayal of cicada'), signed Shiqing, wood stand; and a warm toffee-coloured seal of square section, the upper section rounded and carved in low relief with two chilong, dated to the Wuyin year on the Guangxu reign (in accordance with 1898), the seal face carved with Bi chan mo yun