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Thu, May 16, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 281

Three Japanese Scrolls with Animals

Estimate: $300 - $600

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Unknown Artist, (1636-1713), Japanese Soldier on a Horse, sumi ink on paper, folded decorative fabric strips, seals, scroll with wooden dowel; Masahiro Someya, 17th century, Monkey in a Plum Tree, sumi ink on paper, artist signature and seal, scroll with ivory dowel caps; Unknown Artist, Striped Tiger in Foliage with Moon, sumi ink and colors on paper, scroll with wooden dowel and fabric caps, largest 50-1/8 x 17 in. 

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: Dr. Lenoir C. Wright, Greensboro, North Carolina; The Weatherspoon Art Museum, sold to benefit the acquisitions fund

Condition

heavy creasing, loss to pigment, edges; separation on Monkey example; staining and separation at fabric mount on Tiger example; Horse example missing dowel caps

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