Palatial framed Chinese painting on silk, depicting a sprawling landscape scene with red-cap cranes among auspicious clouds, and figural groupings of varies Daoist deities, including the fable of the Seven Fairies, the Eight Immortals, the Shouxing deities (Fu, Lu, and Shou), and Lui Haichan, the god of wealth, with his three-legged money toad riding atop rolling waves, also with architectural pagodas, courtyard, and pine trees, with brocade fabric border, encased behind plexiglass, some typical small tears to silk, sight: approx 106.75"h, 63.5"w, overall: approx 117"h, 74.5"w, 80lbs

11.25.25-In my opinion regarding LOT: 3199- please note that I am not an expert on such items, the work appears with some folding and areas that appear slightly wavy or loose within the frame, I note some overall toning, scattered spotting particularly in the margins and border, along with stains and light discoloration to the paper, I observe several very small possible minor tears or prior repairs, one near the figure in red robes’ head and another near the figure with the coin on the toad, with a few others extremely small and dispersed, see images, I note faint creasing as if the work may have been folded previously, most evident in the lower quadrant extending side to side, the upper center shows some color variation and what may be drips? a UV light examination was rather unremarkable, the green pigment fluoresced however this appears inherent to the original application rather than inpainting, however I am unsure, the pigments remain bright and the figures, textiles, and decorative patterns remain sharply defined throughout, overall the work presents well

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