Lot 1036: 3 Asian Works on Paper incl. Ko Kim Fu & Tang Fan Scrolls, Brocade

1st and 2nd items: Two Chinese scrolls attributed to Tang Fan, Ko Kim Fu, and other Chinese artists, watercolor on silk, depicting flowering branches with calligraphic poems or inscriptions, mounted to brocade backings measuring 39" x 14" and 42" x 15". Old notes written on the backs of these scrolls provide a brief history and attributions to Tang Fan (smaller scroll) and to Lo Chung Pang, Ko Kim Fu, and Yung Chu Chuan (larger scroll). Acquired in Hong Kong, 1955. 3rd item: Peiluo Shi (China, b. 1957) ink on rice paper woodblock print depicting a woman, child, and cat as seen through an open window. Signed with calligraphy and chop mark lower right. Mounted to silk brocade and framed in painted black frame under glass. Image: 13" square. Frame: 16 1/2" square. 4th item: 27" W roll of Asian silk brocade, acquired by consignor's mother in Japan in 1931 for the purpose of mounting a scroll, never used.

PROVENANCE: The collection of Allison and John Beasley, Nashville, TN.

CONDITION: 1st and 2nd items: Smaller scroll has a 2" area of light staining lower left and 2" separation between brocade and rod at lower left end; both scrolls with scattered light foxing. 3rd item: Overall very good condition. 4th item: Very good condition.