Sold
$2,000
Starting Bid: $400
Est.
$800
- $1,200
Live Auction
SELECT: 3 Day Auction
Category
Description
c. 1930s-1950s, woodblock prints on thin paper, over (200) pieces and 40 designs including: box No. 305, Yun [sic] Pao Chia, with top sheet in English: (2) sheets of Wu Cheng flowering branch designs; box No. 313, (22) sheets, various artists, 3 mice designs; box No. 359, Yun Pao Chia: (21) sheets, Qi Baishi male figures, 4 designs; brown box: (15) sheets, Dang Dai-chien florals and fish, 6 designs; (165) sheets in 3 envelopes and 1 paper folder: various artists, 24 designs incl. 8 bamboo, 8 flowering trees, 4 florals, and 4 theatrical costumed figures; and pink box w/2-piece cover, "Chinese artistic Letter Paper and Envelopes Specially Preparer for the Westerners...Yung Pao Stationary Store": (19) envelopes in 4 insect-on-flower designs; and box No. 212, Yung Pao Chia, with top sheet in English, (24) 4" x 7.375" envelopes of sparkle paper, without any designs; 12.5"h x 8"w (largest box)
Condition
Good/Fair, boxes worn and covers may be detached or splitting, a few boxes missing side edges, sheets and envelopes generally clean and white, but some are spotted, toned and may have creases or small tears, paper may be brittle **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