Sold
$1,100
Starting Bid: $300
Est.
$600
- $800
Live Auction
SELECT: 3 Day Auction
Category
Description
Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864-1957), approx. (72) woodblock prints on thin laid paper mounted in mats, published as Chinese decorated letter paper c. 1930s-1950s by Yung Pao Chia Studio (aka Jung Pao Chia and later Rong Bao Zhai), approx. 43 different designs of florals, insects, birds, animals, fish, and Chinese men, exhibition labels on verso of many, smallest: 3.25"h x 4.5"w (image), largest: 10.5"h x 6.5"w (image), largest mat: 11.5"h x 15.5"w
Condition
Good/Fair, sheets are taped at top corners to back of mats, mostly clean and white sheets, some with toning, spotting, wear at edges or small tears, some paper brittle, many fronts and backs of mats separated **Condition reports are rendered as specialist opinion by the staff of the Auction House and not as statements of fact. We do not guarantee the content of written or verbal condition reports. The absence of a condition report does not imply that there are no condition issues with the lot. Please call us at (973) 377-1500 or e-mail info@milleabros.com with any questions about this lot at least 24 hours prior to auction.
Provenance
Asian works of art from a New York scholar's collection
Literature
Exhibited (under the spelling "Ch'i Pai-Shih") March 5-16, 1974 at Reisinger Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, (exhibition catalogue included)