Attributed to Mori Sosen - 森狙仙 (1747-1821), vertical painting on silk depicting monkeys. Ink and polychrome on silk decorated with a macaque hanging from a pine branch with its young firmly clinging to its bust. On the lower left, an inscription with signature and cyclical date and two seals of the artist: 狙仙 丙午青陽寫 - Sosen hinoe uma utsusu - "Sosen painted in the early spring of 1786. Shuzo seal". 96.5 x 33.5 cm Provenance : - Sale by Me Petit, Collection of M. H. Sevadjian, April 13 and 14, 1932, lot 147. - Former Nourhan Manoukian (1906-1993) collection. By descent.