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Fri, Jul 19, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 198

Four Japanese Scrolls, Seascape, Snowscape

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
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$1,000 $100
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$3,000 $250
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$100,000 $10,000
Sengai Gibon, (1750-1837), Seascape with Treasure Boat, sumi ink on paper, poem with artist signature and seal, scroll with wooden dowel and calligraphic box; Aoki Shukiya, (1723-1776), Winter Landscape, 1758, sumi ink on silk, poem and seal, scroll with ivory dowel caps and calligraphic box; Kano Eigaku, (1790-1867), Snowscape, sumi ink on paper, decorative fabric strips, artist signature and seal, scroll with wooden dowel and calligraphic box; Kano Chikanobu, (1660-1728), Plum Tree in Snow Under Crescent Moon, sumi ink on silk, decorative fabric strips, artist signature and seal, scroll with ivory dowel caps and calligraphic box; largest 41-1/4 x 11-1/4 in. Note: Note: This lot contains animal or plant material that may be restricted under federal, state and/or local law. Prospective bidders should check all applicable government wildlife restrictions prior to placing a bid. The buyer is solely responsible for obtaining any necessary licenses or permits from federal, state and/or local authorities applicable to their purchase or transport of the object. Please note that bidders in New Jersey may not bid on any lots containing elephant ivory, mammoth ivory, or rhinoceros horn., Provenance: Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, California; Dr. Lenoir C. Wright, Greensboro, North Carolina; The Weatherspoon Art Museum, sold to benefit the acquisitions fund

Condition

staining to mounts, loss to edges, creases, foxing, toning, wear to backsides, textile loss