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2420                                                                     PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
ANONYMOUS (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
An Album of Ten Paintings of Ancient Palaces                             2421
Ten leaves in ink and color on silk, each with a facing leaf of          ANONYMOUS (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
calligraphy in ink on paper, each painting depicting an ancient palace   Eight paintings of Flowers and Birds
of lore including Ganquangong, Changlegong, A’fanggong and               Eight album leaves now framed and glazed, ink and color on silk, each
Jiuchenggong, the last leaf bearing a spurious signature reading Qianli  bearing two seals (stains, foxing).
Boju and an inscription bearing a signature reading Wang Chong           10 x 7in (25.4 x 17.8cm) each, sight
with a total of thirty-three seals, the calligraphy leaves each bearing  $2,000 - 3,000
a signature reading Wang Chong with a total of thirty-five seals,
preceded by an inscription bearing a signature reading Zhu Yunming       PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE JAPANESE COLLECTION
and three seals and followed by two colophons, one bearing a
signature reading Wang Shizhen and with a total of six seals.            2422
12 x 12 1/4in (30.5 x 31.1cm) each painting or calligraphy leaf          WU CHANGSHUO (1844-1927)
$2,500 - 4,000                                                           Peaches and Rock, 1907
                                                                         Horizontal scroll mounted for framing, ink & color on gold-toned silk,
                                                                         dated dingwei (1907) and signed Changshuo with three seals.
                                                                         31 3/8 x 16 7/8in (79.8 x 42.8cm)
                                                                         $5,000 - 7,000

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