Hanging Scroll Depicting Poet Li Bai
Hanging Scroll Depicting Poet Li Bai, China, 19th/20th century, under trees, drunk, being helped by two boy attendants to greet a standing official in waiting, with an inscription signed with two seals, ink and color on silk, painting 26 3/4 x 14 in.
Provenance: Descended in the family of Dr. Marshall Hertig, an internationally noted medical entomologist who conducted research on disease bearing insects at the Peking Union Medical College, from 1923-1928, his wife Edwina Smiley Hertig, and their son Bruce Allerton Hertig, to the present owner.
Estimate $300-500
horizontal creases and tears.
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
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Hanging Scroll Depicting Poet Li Bai, China, 19th/20th century, under trees, drunk, being helped by two boy attendants to greet a standing official in waiting, with an inscription signed with two seals, ink and color on silk, painting 26 3/4 x 14 in.
Provenance: Descended in the family of Dr. Marshall Hertig, an internationally noted medical entomologist who conducted research on disease bearing insects at the Peking Union Medical College, from 1923-1928, his wife Edwina Smiley Hertig, and their son Bruce Allerton Hertig, to the present owner.
Estimate $300-500
horizontal creases and tears.
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.