TWO JAPANESE HANGING SCROLLS, 19TH CENTURY |

comprising: an ink and color on silk hanging scroll, depicting cranes by a pine grove and a river, signed Hokushun, with two red seals; and a Kano-style ink and color on silk hanging scroll depicting mountains and a hut, inscribed with the apocryphal signature Tanshin hitsu. 2 pieces.

The smaller painting is 37.3 x 62.1 cm. Tanshin hanging scroll: There are approximately a dozen of small worm holes on the painting (which have been stabilized); there is a vertical crease line just above the middle mountains; and the green brocade has some thinning to both edges and several small minor holes. Hokushun hanging scroll: There are two oblique creases in the middle section of the painting near pine trees; there are areas of light foxing at the upper edge, left of the mountains on top and lower left corner; otherwise, it has good, clean pigments and is in very good condition overall.
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