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5315
ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY)
Fragment of a Genre Scene
Handscroll now framed and glazed, ink and
color on paper, depicting a monkey offering
a longevity peach to a standing monk with
an attendant nearby, and a laborer carrying
baskets of scrolls and flowers, with a red-
crested crane standing between the figures, at
the lower right bearing a seal (illegible).
10 1/4 x 17 1/8in (26 x 43.5cm) sight

US$400 - 600

5316
GUO MORUO (1892-1978)
Calligraphy in Running Script, 1953
Ink on paper, mounted for framing, inscribed
as written in 1953 on the occasion of the
second performance of the drama Qu Yuan,
dedicated to Yisheng and signed Guo Moruo
with one artist’s seal reading Guo Moruo
(creases, stains).
20 1/4 x 14 1/4in (51.4 x 36.2cm)

US$4,000 - 6,000

5317
5313 5314
YU YOUREN (1879-1964)
Calligraphy in Running Script
Ink on paper, hanging scroll, dedicated to
Weiren and signed Yu Youren with one artist’s
seal reading Youren, and one additional
inscription at lower left (creases, stains).
52 1/4 x 13in (132.7 x 33cm)

US$4,500 - 6,500
5318
VARIOUS ARTISTS (20TH CENTURY)
Three works of Calligraphy
Each mounted for framing, ink on paper
a) Yu Pingbo (1900-1990) Calligraphy in
Running Script, dated jiazi xia wu yue (1984
summer, fifth month), signed Yu Pingbo with
one artist’s seal reading Mingheng.
8 3/4 x 19 3/4in (22.3 x 50.2cm)
b) Liang Shuming (1893-1988) Calligraphy in
Running Script, dedicated to Anzhi and signed
5315 Liang Shuming with one artist’s seal reading
Liang Shuming yin.
5313 5314 17 3/4 x 11in (45 x 28cm)
c) Attributed to Mao Dun (1896-1981) Two
AFTER LENG QIAN (19TH/20TH ANONYMOUS (18TH/19TH CENTURY) Prose Poems in Running Script, bearing a
CENTURY) Portrait of an Official signature reading Xuanzhu and dated 1944,
Standing Figure Ink and color on silk, mounted, framed and
Ink and color on paper, hanging scroll, at glazed, depicting a seated man holding a eighth month, second day, and with one seal
reading Mao Dun.
lower left inscribed and bearing a signature wine cup and wearing the hat and robes of 9 5/8 x 16 1/2in (24.5 x 42cm)
reading Leng Qian with one seal, and with an official, attended by a boy holding a wine
two additional inscriptions at upper right and bottle, both figures looking out towards a
center, bearing signatures reading Liu Bowen garden where two other attendants stand US$3,000 - 5,000
and Zhu Ying, each with one seal, and with holding peaches and a vase of lingzhi fungus,
three collectors’ seals at lower right (toning, while nearby roam two cranes and a deer,
creases, stains). both auspicious symbols of longevity (stains,
38 x 16in (96.5 x 40.7cm) abrasions, fading).
40 1/2 x 23in (102.9 x 58.4cm) sight
US$2,000 - 3,000
US$1,000 - 1,500

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