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Lot 848

Pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty Scroll Paintings

Estimate: $3,000 - $6,000

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Two Eagles in a Blossoming Peach Tree, 66-3/4 x 38-1/4 in.; Two Cranes with Peonies, 67 x 38 in. (image), circa 1500, ink and color on silk, scrolls with ivory scroll weights, 102 x 35 in. (scrolls); with boxes bearing inscriptions in lids

, Provenance: Wentworth Family, Berkley, California, purchased circa 1900; by descent in family

Condition

areas of repair including patches and retouch at areas of pigment loss, portions of white eagle with retouch, some evident splitting or deterioration of silk, rolling creases, scroll supports likely later with restorations evident verso