SIGNED YUECHENG, DATED CYCLICAL YIMAO YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1915 AND OF THE PERIOD

Weiting is the pseudonym of Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), who is from Xiangcheng in Henan province. Hence the seal faces and inscriptions on the current pair of seals indicate that these were made for Yuan Shikai by the renowned master Zhang Yuecheng (1883-1961), who made seals for numerous important figures from the late Qing to Republic period including Puyi, Duan Qirui, Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang, Bai Chongxi.