China, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic period (1912-1949). Three seals made of soapstone and two made of green jade, the larger carved with a cicada and the miniature jade seal carved with a tortoise on top. The underside of all five with incised seal characters, four of them with remnants of red seal paste.
Condition: Generally, all in good condition. The larger jade seal with old smoothed down chips to the edges and the green soapstone seal with surface scratches and old smoothed down chips to the edges. Provenance: Estate of Dr. Ernst Eichler (1932-2018), Vienna, Austria.