XU BEIHONG (1895-1953) Water Buffalo Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, inscribed by the artist and signed Beihong with one artist's seal. 40 3/4 x 13in (103.5 x 33cm) Footnotes: Provenance: Acquired in Shanghai, 1949 Collection of a Midwestern missionary family active in China before 1950 徐悲鴻（1895-1953）　芳草水牛　淺設色紙本　立軸 款識：芳草得來且自飽，更須何計慰平生。悲鴻 鈐印：悲鴻 來源： 一九四九年購藏於上海 1950年前赴華美國中西部傳教士家族珍藏 *本拍品不設底價 Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing