LATE QING DYNASTY – EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY – EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Bingtie was the style-name of Wang Daxin (1869-1924), a popular seal carver active in Shanghai during the late Qing and early Republic periods. Hanyun was the style-name of Yuan Kewen (1889-1931), the second son of Yuan Shika, and a scholar, painter, calligrapher, as well as a collector and Peking opera aficionado.