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                     WENG TONGHE (1830-1904) AND LI
                     GUOZHEN (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
                     Two folding fan paintings
                     Two fan leaves mounted on one hanging
                     scroll, each ink and color on paper
                     a) Weng Tonghe, Still Life of Wine Pot and
                     Chrysanthemum, with one artist’s seal reading
                     Tonghe (creases, fading, repairs).
                     b) Li Guozhen, Butterflies and Grasses,
                     inscribed, dated yichou meng qiu (1925,
                     early autumn), dedicated to Xiaoxu and
                     signed Li Guozhen with three artist’s seals
                     (creases, stains).
                     9 x 19 1/2in (22.8 x 49.5cm) each
                     $2,000 - 3,000

                     2406	 NO LOT

                     2407
                     SUN ZHU (19TH CENTURY)
                     Swimming Duck Beneath Lotus and Bamboo
                     Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, inscribed
                     as following the manner of Yingpiao (Huang
                     Shen, 1687-1772), dedicated to Xiaochuang
                     and signed Tiezhou Sun Zhu with two artist’s
                     seals reading Tiezhou and Zhu (toning, foxing,
                     stains).
                     48 3/4 x 26 1/4in (123.8 x 66.7cm)
                     $1,200 - 1,500

                     Provenance
                     You Wei Du Zhai Collection, Seattle, Washington

                     Published
                     Research Field of Art, East Asian Department,
                     Institute for Advances Studies on Asia, The
                     University of Tokyo, Comprehensive Illustrated
                     Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Third Series,
                     Vol. 2, American and Canadian Collections II,
                     Tokyo: University of Tokyo, 2014, A64-028

                     PROPERTY FROM THE EMMANUEL
                     GRAN FAMILY COLLECTION

                     2408
                     AFTER ZHU SHENG (19TH CENTURY)
                     Bamboo in Snow
                     Hanging scroll, ink on silk, bearing a date
                     reading renshu and a signature reading Xi’an
                     Zhu Sheng with three seals.
                     73 1/4 x 37 1/4in (186 x 94.6cm)
                     $1,000 - 1,500

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