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Two Pheasants Beside a Stream Monkeys

A male and female golden pheasant perch on the trunk of Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, depicting two monkeys with their
a blossoming plum tree, the male pheasant observes his young, signed Sosen, sealed Sosen, dated inscription hinoe uma kika
refection in the water utsusu (painted in late summer, 1786)
45 x 21 in. (114 x 53 cm.) excluding mount
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, signed So Shiseki sha,
$8,000-12,000
three seals
43º x 11æ in. (110 x 30 cm.), excluding mount PROVENANCE
Litel Corporation, Orange, 1998.
$1,500-2,500
The Irving Collection, no. 1680.
PROVENANCE
日本 森狙仙（1747-1821） 三猴圖
Leighton R. Longhi Inc., New York, 2004.
The Irving Collection, no. 1692.
日本 宋紫石（1715-1786） 河邊雉雞圖

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