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2413                                             PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE                          2417
SHA FU (1831-1906)                               COLLECTION OF ERICH A. HEINRICHS,                 2418
Lotus, 1893                                      CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Horizontal painting mounted as a handscroll,
gold ink on colored silk, dated guisi jiu qiu    2416
(1893, autumn), inscribed and signed Sha Fu      ATTRIBUTED TO DAI XI (1801-1860)
with two artist’s seals reading Shanchun and     River Landscape
Sha Fu zhi yin.                                  Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper,
15 x 63 1/4in (38.1 x 160.7cm)                   inscribed with a quatrain, bearing a date
$2,500 - 4,000                                   reading Daoguang bingwu dong (1846, winter),
                                                 dedicated to Shuzhai and bearing a signature
Provenance                                       reading Chunshi Dai Xi with two seals.
You Wei Du Zhai Collection, Seattle, Washington  52 1/2 x 12 5/8in (133.3 x 32.1cm)
                                                 $1,200 - 1,800
Published
Research Field of Art, East Asian Department,    2417
Institute for Advances Studies on Asia, The      ANONYMOUS (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
University of Tokyo, Comprehensive Illustrated   Six paintings of Figures in Landscape
Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Third Series,      Six album leaves, including four double-
Vol. 2, American and Canadian Collections II,    leaves, each showing a figural painting in ink
Tokyo: University of Tokyo, 2014, A64-041        and color on silk on the right and a facing
                                                 leaf of calligraphy in ink on paper, two of the
2414                                             paintings bearing a seal reading Shizhou, the
JIANG YUJIAN (19TH CENTURY)                      four calligraphies each bearing a seal reading
Orchids and Rocks                                Zhengming, and two single leaves, each ink
Hanging scroll now framed and glazed, ink        and color on silk, each bearing a signature
and color on paper, inscribed with a poem,       reading Tang Yin with one seal.
signed Yujian with two artist’s seals reading    13 x 23 1/2in (33 x 59.7cm) each double leaf [4]
Jian and Juting.                                 9 5/8 x 11 3/4in (24.5 x 29.8cm) each
64 1/4 x 17 1/2in (163.1 x 44.5cm)               single leaf [2]
$4,000 - 6,000                                   $2,000 - 3,000

2415                                             2418
LI YU (1843-C. 1904)                             ANONYMOUS (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
Still Life with Potted Orchids, Inkstone         Two paintings of Figures in Landscape
and Squirrel                                     a) After Cheng Jiasui, Landscape with
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper,          Returning Fisherman, hanging scroll, ink and
inscribed, signed Li Yu with two artist’s seals  color on satin, bearing a date reading jiachen
reading Li Yu and Meisheng shu hua and one       and a signature reading Cheng Mengyang
collector’s seal.                                with two seals, with a title slip and a colophon
54 x 13in (137.2 x 33cm)                         mounted on the side mounts, variously
$1,500 - 2,500                                   bearing signatures reading Dong Gao and
                                                 Xiaosong Huang Yi (discoloration, stains,
Provenance                                       losses, creases).
You Wei Du Zhai Collection, Seattle,             40 1/2 x 16 1/2in (102.9 x 41.9cm)
Washington                                       b) Anonymous, Fishermen under a Waterfall,
acquired in Shanghai, 1988                       hanging scroll, ink and color on paper,
                                                 inscribed, dated and bearing a signature
Published                                        possibly reading Li Siji with two seals (losses,
Research Field of Art, East Asian Department,    wormage, stains, discoloration).
Institute for Advances Studies on Asia, The      38 3/4 x 20in (98.4 x 50.9cm)
University of Tokyo, Comprehensive Illustrated   $1,000 - 1,500
Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Third Series,
Vol. 2, American and Canadian Collections II,    2419
Tokyo: University of Tokyo, 2014, A64-025        ANONYMOUS (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
                                                 Horse and Rider
                                                 Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, dated
                                                 and bearing a spurious signature reading
                                                 Zi’ang with one artist’s seal and two
                                                 collectors’ seals and three colophons bearing
                                                 signatures reading Yu Ji, Yuan Kai, and Deng
                                                 Wenyuan, and on the mount five additional
                                                 colophons with seals.
                                                 32 x 21 1/4in (81.3 x 54cm)
                                                 $1,500 - 2,000

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