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               AN ALBUM OF BODHI LEAF                 ᪹ډՋ   ډ̏ˠ☸
               PAINTINGS                              ⬳ዠ⮂ྐ❡⟕ᮗॱ՝㦓ډູ̣
               QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
                                                      Ϝᬜ䣀
                                                      ൶ˮ㤔㐳
               The album contains twelve Bodhi leaves, variously
                                                      ૯㠯⟞⻒Цស㒴䢲     ໝ͞⦰      ໝ͞׀ᕩ
               depicting groups of Luohan, Guanyin, and the
               Heavenly Kings, mounted within brocade covers.   ՝㦓㧍◂䣀ⱷᇥ㡔⟕ᮗ՝ǐП૰⠋㧍ǐ㖭ڪ䣀ᕕǏ៙ǐ
               Accompanied by a green-ground brocade folio with   ᑽᕴᕱ↤⯯Շ㘝䣀ᆏ೹ډᕕ̣ډ۠Ջᑽ䢲㧍ᑞ᫅ᕕ៙㢾
               a label reading ‘Album of Luohan paintings by Xiao   ᓣਕ䢲П૰⠋㧍ǐ㖭ڪ䣀ᕕǏ៙ǐ
               Chengsheng’ signed Shinteno.
               7 1 x 8 æ in. (17.9 x 22.3 cm.), Japanese wood box  ൶ˮ㤔㐳            䢲ⴽП૰⠋䢲᳦ᑽᕴᒝᦱᓁ͞ᕊ
               HK$100,000-200,000   US$13,000-26,000  ᧊೰Ǐᐂᦱ೰ǐ
               PROVENANCE:
               Yamanaka Seiitsu (1822-1885)
               Osaka Art Club, between 1930s to early 1940s
               Shinteno is the pseudonym of the Japanese
               calligapher and political figure Yamanaka Seiitsu
               (1822-1885), whose other inscription dated to
               1878 appears on the underside of the box cover
               accompanying this lot.



                                                                                                   Inscription on underside of
                                                                                                   Japanese wood box cover
                                                                                                      ᚚទណ⏁⸌ᄓ㯪ໃ
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