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ANONYMOUS (20TH CENTURY)
Birthday Celebration                                                   ANONYMOUS (20TH CENTURY)
Ink and color on silk, hanging scroll, depicting a seated figure,      Portrait of a Lady
possibly an emperor, accepting gift offerings of ruyi scepters and     Ink and color on silk, hanging scroll, depicting a lady in a green robe
wine in bronze containers, with nearby figures of officials and boys   and a white shawl seated on a garden stool with bamboo plants, a
bowing to him in homage (wormage, stains).                             tree and a large garden rock nearby, a marble-topped table behind
56 1/4 x 32 1/4in (142.8 x 82cm)                                       her displaying bound books, a plate of buddha-hand citrons, brushes
                                                                       and scrolls in a holder and a bronze ding, and on a low table in front
US$1,500 - 2,500                                                       of her a potted narcissus plant and a panjing, the painting bearing
                                                                       a signature reading Jin Tingbiao with two seals, one reading chen
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CAO HUA (1847-1913)                                                    38 1/2 x 19in (97.8 x 48.3cm)
Auspicious Figures, 1903
Ink and color on paper, hanging scroll, depicting the three star gods  US$2,000 - 3,000
fu, lu, shou and other standing figures, together with a crane and
deer, titled, dated Guangxu guimao san yue (1903, third month) and     6435
signed Cao Hua with three seals reading Cao Hua, Pangen, and           WANG SU (1794-1877)
huahao yueyuan renjian.                                                Testing a Horse in the Spring Suburbs, 1831
56 x 31 3/8in (142.2 x 79.7cm)                                         Ink and color on paper, hanging scroll, titled chun jiao shi ma, dated
                                                                       xinmao (1831) and signed Xiaomei with one artist’s seal reading
US$1,500 - 2,500                                                       Xiaomei and six collector’s seals.
                                                                       42 1/8 x 9in (107 x 22.9cm)

                                                                       US$1,000 - 1,500

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