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Lot 47
A Pair of Japanese Paintings of Birds
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Ink and colors on paper, both paintings signed together with a red artist's seal to the lower right hand corner, one painted with a finely perched pheasant over daffodils by a Kano school artist, the other of an egret with water lotus plant more loose in the brushwork and purely sumi-e ink painting, both with textile mounting and set in frames, no glass.

Estate of the Late William R. and Sally W. Phillips, Petersburg, VA

Losses to paper in many places, especially on pheasant painting; loss to fabric border; discoloration to paper; toning to paper; some scratches and pushes.