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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE LAS
VEGAS COLLECTION
3439
HONG WU (1743-1811) AND OTHERS
Pavilions in the Hills and Calligraphy
Folding fan, the painting in ink and color
on paper, signed chen Hong Wu gong hua
and with seals reading chen and Wu; on
the reverse: Anonymous (19th century)
Calligraphy in regular script, ink on gold paper,
with two seals reading chen and Fu.
9 x 19 11/16in (23 x 50cm)
$1,500 - 2,000
Hong Wu was a member of the Aixinjueluo
clan and a grandson of the Kangxi emperor.
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION
OF JOSEPH KLEIN (1899 - 1987), NEW
YORK, NEW YORK
3440 3439
VARIOUS ARTISTS (19TH/20TH
CENTURY) 3441
Five Paintings and Calligraphies of Various
Subjects ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS | 105
a) Unidentified Artists, Two Calligraphies and
one Bird and Flower painting, three fan leaves
mounted on one hanging scroll, each signed,
with a total of five artist’s signatures and six seals.
b) Two fan leaves mounted on one hanging
scroll: Zhang Xiong (1803-1886), Flowers,
Rocks, and Grasshopper, folding fan leaf,
ink and color on gold-flecked paper, dated
yichou (1865) and signed Zixiang Zhang
Xiong with one artist’s seal reading Xiong;
and Unknown Artist, Calligraphy, round fan
leaf, ink on gold-flecked paper, dedicated
to Shaochun, inscribed and with one artist’s
seal (creases, losses).
9 1/2 x 20 1/2in (24.1 x 52.1cm) the largest fan
$1,500 - 2,500
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
3441
ATTRIBUTED TO LUO ANXIAN (LATE
19TH CENTURY)
Paired Birds with Flowers, Bamboo and Rocks
Mounted on board and framed, ink and
color on paper, inscribed, dedicated and
bearing a signature reading Anxian with one
artist’s seal reading Sanfeng (wormage,
stains, losses, repairs).
37 x 17 3/4in (94 x 45cm)
$1,000 - 1,200
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SAN
DIEGO COLLECTOR
3442 3440
ANONYMOUS (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
Birds on Flowering Trees
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, inscribed
chen Zou Yigui gong hui with two seals
(stains, abrasions, creases).
39 x 18 1/8in (99 x 46cm)
$2,000 - 3,000