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           VARIOUS ARTISTS (19TH/20TH
           CENTURY)
           Two Genre Paintings of Figures    6465                             6465
           Two hanging scrolls, each ink and color on
           paper
           a) Unknown Artist, Zhong Kui the Demon
           Queller, depicting Zhong Kui vanquishing a
           demon as his sister looks on while seated at
           a table laden with baskets of fruit and sewing
           implements, with another demon hiding
           under her table (restorations, toning, stains,
           creases).
           41 x 18in (104.2 x 45.7cm)
           b) Unknown Artist, Monks, depicting a
           seated monk writing on a bodhi leaf with a
           brush, attended by another monk clutching a
           staff and an ape-like acolyte holding a broom
           (stains, creases).
           41 x 20 5/8in (104.1 x 52.4cm)

           $1,200 - 1,800
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           VARIOUS ARTISTS (19TH/20TH
           CENTURY)
           Two paintings of Buddhist Figures
           a) Zhang Tao (20th century) Amitayus
           Buddha, ink and color on paper, hanging
           scroll, inscribed with a poem, dated jiazi xia
           ri (1924, summer), dedicated to Huang Mu
           Jiang Taifuren and signed Zhang Tao with
           two artist’s seals, one reading Zhang Tao,
           and one collector’s seal.
           45 x 21 1/4in (114.3 x 54cm)
           b) Shen Shoukai (19th/20th century) Eighteen
           Luohans, ink and color on silk, hanging
           scroll, inscribed, dedicated to Yunqiao yin bo
           da ren, signed Shen Shoukai with two artist’s
           seals, one reading changsheng qubing, and
           two collectors’ seals.
           37 1/4 x 17 3/4in (94.6 x 45cm)   6466                             6466
           $1,500 - 2,000
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