Sale 2387
Hong Kong
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26 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 125,000
Estimate
CHENG SHIFA (1921-2007) Herding Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper 66 x 30 cm. (26 x 11 3/4 in.) Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist Dedicated to Ming Jiuan
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Literature
Jin Xiandai Zhongguo Mingjia --- Cheng Shifa (Famous Contemporary Chinese Artist --- Cheng Shifa), Shanghai Shuhua Publishing House, 2006, p.102
US$9,000-11,600
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