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NO GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY                                                 NO GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY
FOR CHINESE PAINTINGS                                                        FOR JAPANESE AND KOREAN PAINTINGS

Current scholarship in the field of Chinese paintings does not permit        Current scholarship in the field of Japanese and Korean paintings
unqualified statements as to Authorship or date of execution. The            does not permit unqualified statements as to Authorship or date of
limited right of rescission contained in the Conditions of Sale does         execution. The limited right of rescission contained in the Conditions of
not apply to Chinese paintings. Nonetheless, if within twenty-one            Sale does not apply to Japanese and Korean paintings. Nonetheless,
days of the sale of any such lot, the original purchaser gives written       if within twenty-one days of the sale of any such lot, the original
notice to Bonhams that the lot is a forgery and if within fourteen days      purchaser gives written notice to Bonhams & Butterfields that the lot
after giving such notice, the original purchaser returns the lot to us       is a forgery and if within fourteen days after giving such notice, the
in the same condition as at the time of sale and demonstrates to our         original purchaser returns the lot to us in the same condition as at
satisfaction that the lot is a forgery, Bonhams & Butterfields will rescind  the time of sale and demonstrates to our satisfaction that the lot is a
the sale and refund the purchase price received. For this purpose a          forgery, Bonhams will rescind the sale and refund the purchase price
‘forgery’ is defined as a work created with intent to deceive.               received. For this purpose a ‘forgery’ is defined as a work created with
                                                                             intent to deceive.

INCLUDING

Property from a Hawaiian Collection by Descent through the family,
acquired in Hong Kong in the 1960s and later
Property from a Monterey Private Collection
Property from a Noble Family
Property from a North American Estate
Property from a Private Collection in Hawaii
Property from a Private German Collector, acquired in China in 1901
by the current owner’s grandfather
Property from a Private Northwestern Collector
Property from a Private Oregon Collector
Property from a private Texas collector
Property from a San Francisco Collection
Property from a San Francisco Collector
Property from an Arizona Collection
Property from an Important Private Collection
Property from an Oregon Estate
Property from the Chinese Snuff Bottles
from the Marcia J. Howard Collection
Property from the Collection of Betty Gilbert Stevens (1916-1999),
by descent to the current owner
Property from the Collection of Hanni Forrester
Property from the Collection of Lim Ying Yun (1914-2009)
Property from the Estate of a Prominent Bay Area Collector
Property from the Estate of Alice Kermisch
Property from the Estate of C.C. Mosley
Property from the Estate of Col. Chester Lee (1893-1958)
Property from the Estate of Heinz Frankenstein
Property from The Estate of Joanna Lau Sullivan
Property from the Estate of Nigel Davis
Property from the Monterey Museum of Art,
sold to benefit the Museum Funds
Property from the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon,
sold to benefit the Museum Acquisition Fund
Property from the Rende Zhai Collection
Property from the The Family of Lester Knox Little, late Inspector General,
Chinese Maritime Customs Service, acquired in China prior to 1949
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