Artist Signature Name: Chao meng siao (Zhao Meng xiao); Original Japanese receipt reads: “Christian era 1964. 22. December. Chinese picture. "Scholar Viewing Waterfall" ink and light coloring on paper canvas. paper mounting. ... the era of Qing, about 70-120 years old. Name… Chao meng siao.” Signature and 2 seals. Date: Circa 1815-1845. Age related wear and holes to art. Dimensions approximately 36 ½ x 11 ? inches. Receipt dated December 22, 1964. From the Private Collection of a North American Lady. All paintings were purchased in Post-World War II Japan from a Tokyo, Japan Paintings Collection that was originally formed in the early part of the 20th century.

Eddie's Auction is pleased to offer this Single Owner North American Estate Sale, all of old Chinese Paintings purchased some 50 years ago from Japanese Dealers in and around Tokyo in the 1960's. These are authentic early 20th Century artworks and there is natural wear as with any old paper, and many with evidence of antique restorations. Bear in mind the fragile nature of unframed Chinese scroll painting in ink and color on either handmade paper or very fine silk over paper. To have found these Chinese survivors in war torn Japan is remarkable and this is the first time since then that they have been offered for sale to the art-collecting public.