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2431 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF 2436
ANONYMOUS (19TH/20TH CENTURY) FRANK G. JAMES (1886 - 1977) AND 2437
Winter Landscape after Yen Wengui GEORGIA G. JAMES (1889 - 1981), PALO
Horizontal scroll, ink and color on silk, bearing ALTO, CALIFORNIA
a signature reading Hongwu with two seals
and a spurious imperial collection seal, 2435
preceded by a four-character title and bearing ANONYMOUS (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
a spurious imperial seal, followed by three Figures and Pavilions in Landscape
colophons each bearing a spurious signature A set of twelve paintings now glued to
of Qianlong with seven seals. Masonite boards, each ink and color on silk,
22 x 266in (55.9 x 675.5cm) depicting gatherings of scholars and ladies
$1,800 - 2,500 in pursuit of leisurely or scholarly activities in
extensive garden pavilions surrounded by lush
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A vegetation, accompanied by a scattering of
PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLECTOR auspicious deer and cranes.
54 1/2 x 19 1/4in (138.5 x 48.9cm) [10];
2432 54 1/2 x 18 1/2in (138.5 x 47cm) [2]
VARIOUS ARTISTS $2,000 - 3,000
(EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
Two handscroll paintings of Landscape PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
a) Anonymous, Landscape and Monuments
of Hunan, ink and color on silk, bearing a 2436
spurious signature reading Shen Zhenlin ANONYMOUS (LATE QING DYNASTY)
(fading, stains, foxing). A Portrait of an Official
16 1/2 x 256 1/4in (42 x 650.9cm) Ink and color on paper, framed and glazed,
b) Anonymous, Figures in Landscape, ink and depicting an official wearing fur-lined winter court
color on silk, bearing a spurious signature robes, the blue outer robe spotting a rank badge
reading Tian Qi with one seal (cracks, depicting a peacock (third rank civil official),
creases, losses, stains). the official seated on a chair with a tiger pelt
11 1/4 x 183 1/2in (28.6 x 466cm) covering, set over a carpet with a decorative
$1,000 - 1,500 motif of paired cranes and scrolling clouds.
38 x 25in (96.5 x 63.5cm) sight
Provenance $3,000 - 4,000
purchased from an auction in Paris in 1989,
by repute Provenance
in a private California collection since 1983
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
2437
2433 ANONYMOUS (18TH/19TH CENTURY)
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST (19TH/20TH Daoist Paradise
CENTURY) Ink and color on silk, framed and glazed,
Two paintings of Figures depicting the Dipper Mother (Doumu) seated
Each a folding fan leaf now mounted for at center top and holding aloft the sun and the
framing, ink and color on paper, the first moon, her vehicle drawn by seven pigs, beneath
depicting a Scholar in a Bamboo Grove her numerous male and female celestials, as well
holding a Qin, inscribed and dated xinchou as a seated Guanyin with nearby bamboo and
(possibly 1901) and signed Wang Jun with pine, accompanied by her white parrot and boy
two artist’s seals reading Wang Jun and Zhu and girl attendants (stains, repairs, discoloration).
Lou, the second depicting a Seated Scholar 56 1/4 x 49 1/2in (142.8 x 125.7cm) sight
Against a Rock, with two artist’s seals reading $1,500 - 2,000
Wang Jun and possibly Zhu Lou.
9 x 19in (22.9 x 48.3cm); 2438
8 1/2 x 18 3/4in (21.6 x 47.6cm) LUO ANXIAN (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
$1,000 - 1,200 AND YIN GUAN (1860-1932)
Two paintings of Birds in Landscape
Provenance a) Luo Anxian, Pheasants, hanging scroll,
You Wei Du Zhai Collection, Seattle, Washington ink and color on paper, signed Luo Sanfeng
with one artist’s seal reading Anxian (toning,
2434 repairs, stains).
ZENG XI (1861-1930) 83 3/4 x 18 1/8in (212.7 x 46cm)
Calligraphy in Regular Script b) Yin Guan (1860-1932) Crane, Pine, and
Ink on paper, mounted for framing, dedicated Lingzhi, hanging scroll, ink and color on silk,
to Xingyan and signed Nongran Xi with one signed Yin Guan with one seal reading Yin
artist’s seal reading Zheng Xi zhi yin. Guan shu hua (stains).
13 7/8 x 15in (35.3 x 38.1cm) 78 x 7 1/2in (198.1 x 19cm)
$2,500 - 3,000 $1,800 - 2,500
Provenance Provenance
You Wei Du Zhai Collection, Seattle, Washington You Wei Du Zhai Collection, Seattle, Washington 2438
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