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PROPERTY FROM THE INDIA HOUSE CLUB COLLECTION, NEW YORK
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TWO LARGE SILK PAINTINGS OF DAOIST IMMORTALS 紐約 INDIA HOUSE 俱樂部珍藏
LATE MING-QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
晚明/清 十七/十八世紀 絹本設色 道教人物畫兩幅
Each painting depicts three groupings of immortals, one with sixteen
immortals with three attendants, the other with nineteen immortals, all 來源:
standing amongst scrolling clouds, wearing long robes and with distinctive Willard D. Straight (1880-1918) 珍藏, 1914年以前入藏。
individual faces.
81Ω x 44Ω and 68Ω x 38Ω in. (207 x 113 and 174 x 97.8 cm.), including frames (2)
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
Willard D. Straight (1880-1918) Collection, acquired before 1914.
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