a group of five sealsAll whorled in varied hues of scarlets and creamy grays, the first of square section surmounted by a dragon amid swirling clouds carved in intricate relief from a whitish patch in the stone, the face reading lian yuan zhu ren; the second of pebble shape, bearing the faintly incised date to the side Guangxu Bingshen (equivalent to 1896), the face carved to read dai gu ren; the third of square section terminating in an irregularly naturalistic top, the face reading perhaps hua lan xin ke; the fourth of square section adorned in raised relief gourds and squirrels carved from gray veins in the otherwise red stone, the face reading xue zhai; the fifth of square section beneath a rounded top, the face reading gu Yu De shi hui hu lou cang shu. 2 3/4in (7cm) height of first and tallest (5).注脚印文: [漣園主人], [戴古人], [花蘭信殼], [雪齋], [古虞德氏輝湖樓藏書]邊款: [光緒丙申]