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Thu, Jan 13, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 343

Four Framed Asian Paintings on Rice Paper

Estimate: $400 - $600

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$1,000 $100
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$3,000 $250
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Chinese/Japanese, 19th century, depicting butterflies, birds among flowering branches, and birds in water, ink and gouache on rice paper, each sight 12 x 7-3/4 in.; silver painted bamboo style frames, 18-5/8 x 13-3/8 in.

Provenance: Estate of Hortense Huntsberry Loeb, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; by descent in family

Note: In 1956, the children of Hortense Huntsberry Loeb, donated a group of items to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. To view this collection of Chinese Art, please visit: https://www.philamuseum.org/search?q=loeb&cat=collection&from=24&size=12

Condition

some very light stains/smudges, each with some tears, separations, or losses at edges, not examined out of frames; frames with light wear and abrasions, some paint loss