A Japanese painting in sumi and colour on silk depicting two cranes wading in a pond among grasses, three ducks preening themselves on the banks of the pond -- 8¼in.x 9¼in., signed; and a pair of Chinese paintings on silk variously depicting a vase filled with chrysanthemums and foliage and an insect in flight above chrysanthemums and peonies issuing from rockwork -- each 9¾in.x 10½in., all framed and glazed. (3)