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VARIOUS ARTISTS (19TH/20TH CENTURY) QIAN SHOUTIE (1897-1967)
Two fan paintings of Flowers Flowers
a) Ren Yi (1840-1895), Zhu Cheng (1826-1900), and Li Xun’an Ink and color on paper, folding fan leaf, mounted, dedicated to
(1846-1912) Flowers and Insects with Calligraphy in Regular Script, Yunmei, dated renshen xia wu yue (1932, summer, fifth month) and
ink and color on gold paper, folding fan leaf mounted for framing, signed Shoutie with one artist’s seal reading Shoutie (abrasions,
the paintings and calligraphy dedicated to Liangquan, the paintings stains, fading).
dated gengchen (1880) and signed Ren Yi and Menglu Zhu Cheng 9 1/2 x 20 1/2in (24.2 x 52cm)
with two artist’s seals reading Yi yin and Mengweng, the calligraphy
signed Li Xun’an with one calligrapher’s seal (illegible). US$1,500 - 2,000
b) Attributed to Ju Lian (1828-1904) Orchids and Rock, ink and color
on paper, folding fan leaf mounted for framing, dedicated to Sheqing 6453
and signed Ju Lian with one seal reading Guquan.
9 1/2 x 20 3/4in (24.2 x 52.7cm) each VARIOUS ARTISTS (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
Three fan paintings of Various Subjects
US$3,500 - 4,500 Ink and color or ink on paper, three folding fans, each dedicated to
Peiyan.
6451 a) Li Kuchan (1899-1983) Red Camellia, dated bingyin liu yue (1926,
sixth month) and signed Kuchan with one artist’s seal reading Li Ying
VARIOUS UNIDENTIFIED ARTISTS (20TH CENTURY) zhi yin.
Three fan paintings of Landscape with Figures 9 1/2 x 21in (24.1 x 53.3cm)
Ink and color on paper, three folding fan leaves, each mounted for b) Wang Shensheng (Wang Rong, 1896-1972) River Landscape,
framing, the first inscribed as a collaboration between Xiangbi and dated dingmao chu xia (1927, early summer) and signed Wang Rong
Haogong (possibly Feng Xiangbi, 1896-1974 and Zhao Haogong, with one artist’s seal reading Shensheng.
1881-1947), dated renshen (1932) and signed Chungcao with one 9 1/2 x 19 1/2in (24.1 x 49.5cm)
seal possibly reading Chuncao; the second dated gengwu (1930) c) Chen Ying (20th century) Landscape with Dwellings, dated bingyin
and signed Songxue with one artist’s seal reading Songxue; the third ba yue (1986, eighth month) and signed Chen Ying with one artist’s
dated yiyou (1945) and with an artist’s seal reading Xuzhi. seal reading Ying, reversed by Dong Mengmei (b. 1927) Calligraphy
Various sizes, 9 1/2 x 20 1/4in (24.2 x 51.4cm) the largest in Regular Script, signed Dong Mengmei with two artist’s seals,
one reading Mengmei; on both fan sticks, a calligraphy carving of
excerpts from the prose poem Poyao fu by Lü Mengzheng (944-
1011).
9 1/2 x 21 1/2in (24.1 x 54.6cm)
US$700 - 900 US$3,000 - 4,500
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