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Movement: Fine Chinese & Southeast Asian Art

Tue, Sep 12, 2023 11:00AM EDT
Lot 12

Cai Xiaoli "Silver Orchid" Ink Painting

Estimate: $3,000 - $6,000

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Cai Xiaoli (C.X. Li) (Chinese, b. 1956). Ink with natural pigments on paper painting titled "Silver Orchid" depicting a clump of short grasses in the foreground against a silver, white, and gray abstract spotted background. Signed along the right margin

Provenance: Christie's, London, June 6, 1994, Lot 43; The collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton - Selections from The Marsh, Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Sight; height: 32 1/4 in x width: 36 1/2 in. Framed; height: 50 in x width: 45 1/2 in.

Condition

The colors are bold and bright. There are no visible tears, losses, or restorations. Some unevenness to the paper throughout due to the nature of the material. Light wear along the deckled edges. Light undulation to the sheet throughout. The sheet is floated in frame. Framed under plexiglass; there is wear to the plexi including light scratches and one area near the lower right corner of the painting where the plexi has a crack - this does not affect the artwork. Light wear to the frame; not inspected out of frame.

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