Beschreibung:

A GROUP OF FOUR ROCK CRYSTAL LITERATI SEALS QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY the large oval seal surmounted by a lion resting its forepaws on a ball, the seal surface showing the characters in low-relief Neng shi xiangming man ren'er ('Filling Men's Ears with Scented Reputation'), each of the three further square seals adorned with a recumbent fu lion with its head turned and bushy tail curling along its haunch, the seal surface of the larger square seal carved in intaglio six characters Bamin duxue zhi zhang ('Seal of the Commissioner of Education for All Eight Prefectures of Min [Fujian Province]'), one seal of the smaller pair incised with four characters Zhu yin Lunhan ('Seal of Zhu Lunhan'), the other carved in low-relief two characters Yi San ('Three Tasks at Once') Quantity: 4 4.5 by 3.9 by 3.9 cm., 1 3/4 by 1 1/2 by 1 1/2 in. (the pair); 6 by 4.9 by 4.9 cm., 2 3/8 by 1 15/16 by 1 15/16 in.; 11 by 7.6 by 3.7 cm., 4 5/16 by 3 by 1 1/2 in.