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MA TAO (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
3451 3452 Five Paintings of Figures
Five album leaves, each unmounted, ink and
3453 3454 color on paper, each inscribed, with one leaf
dated wuxu (1898) and each signed either
108 | BONHAMS Jingdaoren, Jingdaoren Ma Tao, Ma Tao
or Tao, with five artist’s seals, four reading
Jingjiang and one reading Ma Tao.
10 x 8 3/8in (25.4 x 21.3cm) each leaf
$1,800 - 2,500

3450
SHEN XINHAI (1855-1941)
Figure and Dragon in the Manner of Ding
Yunpeng
Ink and color on paper, mounted for framing,
inscribed by the artist and signed Xinhai with
one artist’s seal reading Xinhai.
11 1/2 x 9 3/4in (29.2 x 24.8 cm)
$1,000 - 1,500

3451
ANONYMOUS (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
Mother with Children at Play
Hanging scroll now mounted and framed,
ink and color on paper, trimmed, depicting a
standing woman holding a boy, near her three
other boys playing with toys, and behind them
a rock stand holding books, scrolls, and a
vase of flowers, bearing a spurious signature
reading Gu Jianlong with one seal (stains,
discoloration, creases, losses).
30 3/4 x 28 3/4in (78.2 x 73cm) sight
$2,000 - 3,000

3452
AFTER WEN ZHENGMING (19TH CENTURY)
Calligraphy in Small Regular Script
Ink on paper, mounted as a hanging scroll
(now trimmed), inscribed Changzhou Wen
Zhengming shu with one artist’s seal and nine
other collectors’ seals, and with an inscription
on the mount dated minguo er shi wu nian
(1936) and signed Wang Su with two seals
(discoloration, repairs, stains).
14 1/8 x 12 1/4in (36 x 31cm)
$3,500 - 4,500

3453
ANONYMOUS (19TH-20TH CENTURY)
Calligraphy in Cursive Script
Hanging scroll now mounted, ink on silk, the
text a Tang dynasty poem by Meng Houran,
bearing a spurious signature reading Dong
Qichang with one artist’s seal (discoloration,
stains, losses, abrasions, creases).
46 1/2 x 14 1/2in (118.1 x 36.8cm)
$2,000 - 3,000

3454
ZHAO PUCHU (1907-2000)
Calligraphy in Running Script, 1999
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, inscribed by
the artist and dated jisi chun (1999, spring)
and signed Zhao Puchu with one artist’s seal
reading Puchu.
24 x 9 1/4in (61 x 23.5cm)
$3,000 - 5,000