2011 Lot Description Price - Clars Auction Gallery

Clars Auction GallerySale ResultsMarch 12 ‐ 13, 2011(lot of 3) Framed Chinese paintings, consisting of: Figure in Landscape, after Fu Baoshi, bearing signature andone seal; Ducks, after Wu Qingxia, bearing signature and seal; Goldfish, after Wu Zuoren, bearing signature4067 and three seals; largest overall: 21.5''h x 17.5''w $175Chinese hanging scroll, Prunus, after Huang Junbi (1898‐1991), ink and color on paper, the left with a poeticcouplet, with cyclical date 'wuchen', bearing signature and three seals, overall: 82.25''h x 24''w, image: 52''h4069 x 18.75''w $150Chinese hanging scroll, Four Magpies Below Fruiting Tree, after Wang Xuetao (1903‐1982), ink and color onpaper, the right inscribed 'Xuetao xie' and sealed 'Wang Xuetao yin', overall: 77.5''h x 31.25''w, image:4070 52.5''h x 26''w $325Chinese hanging scroll, Chrysanthemum, Wine and Crab, after Qi Baishi (1864‐1957), the upper left with apair of seven character couplets, bearing the signature 'Baishi', three seals, overall: 79''h x 18.25''w, image:4071 54''h x 13.1''w $90Framed Chinese embroidered textile panel, depicting an elephant supporting a vase set with auspicious4072 items, accented with bats and fruiting peach sprigs all on a red ground, 22''h x 19''w $35Chinese hanging scroll, Prunus, after Lai Shaoqi (1907‐1994), ink on paper, the left with a pair of fivecharacter couplets, dated 1976 summer, bearing the signature Lai Shaoqi, with two seals, overall: 83''h x4073 18.5''w, image: 52''h x 13''w $110Chinese hanging scroll, Winter Landscape, after Qi Baishi (1864‐1957), ink and color on paper, the upper leftwith a long poetic colophon, cyclical date 'wuchen' winter tenth month, with two seals 'mu ren' and 'xun4074 chang bai xing ren jia', overall: 78.5''h x 18.25''w, painting: 53.5''h x 13.1''w $300Chinese hanging scroll, Pavilions in Mountain Landscape, ink and color on paper, the upper right with thecyclical date 1992, bearing the name 'Guan Shanyue' and two seals, overall: 70''h x 29''w, image: 45.5''h x4076 23.75''w $350Framed Japanese woodblock print triptych set, featuring various vendors and clients rendered in a Shijoschoolmanner, signed Shigenobu [unsure], with aratame/date seal (=1865), overall: 21.5''h x 37.5''w, sight:4077 13.5''h x 28.5''w $1004078407940804081Framed Chinese painting, Evening Landscape, ink and color on paper, upper left entitled 'yue dao zhong qiufen wai ming' (=moon is extra bright during the Autumn Moon Festival), with the date 1992 fifth month,bears the signature 'Fuyin' and two seals, overall: 32''h x 33.5''w, sight: 25.5''h x 26.5''w $100Framed Chinese reverse glass painting, depicting a Chinese beauty seated in an interior with an ornateshelving unit below floral paintings, the open window revealing a wooded landscape, 25.375''h x 19.125''w $70(lot of 3) Framed Japanese woodblock prints, including: a portrait of a courtesan with attendants, signed ojuKunisada (1786‐1864), with kiwame and publisher's mark, overall: 20''h x 14w; a single sheet from a triptychof beauties and peony, signed Kochoro Toyokuni‐ga, with nanushi seals (1847‐52), publisher mark of Tsutaya,overall: 20.75''h x 16.25''w; one from a series featuring beauties, signed Toyohara Kunichika‐hitsu (1825‐1900), overall: 20.75''h x 16.25'', print 13.75''h x 9''w $140Framed Chinese painting, Praying Beauty, by Wang Shizhao (b.1905) and Xu Hanqing, ink on paper, the upperleft inscribed with a poetic colophon, cyclical date 'dingyou' (=1957), dedicated to Mr. Da Nian followed bythe name '[tie/yi] ran Wang Shizhao', the lower right bearing signed 'Xu Hanqing xie', with four seals, overall:37.5''h x 21.75''w, painting: 26.5''h x 17''w; Provenance: estate of Philip Dalen Au, Hong Kong and CA,elected as a member of the Urban Council in Hong Kong several terms during 1957‐1959 $225Page 5 of 86