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    Fine Chinese Modern Paintings

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    26 November 2007

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    • CHENG SHIFA (1921-2007)
    Lot 1151

    CHENG SHIFA (1921-2007)

    Price realised

    HKD 1,447,500

    Estimate

    HKD 1,200,000 - HKD 1,500,000

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    CHENG SHIFA (1921-2007)
    Variety of Subjects with figures
    Album of twelve leaves, ink and colour on paper
    Each leaf measures 27 x 20.8 cm. (10 2/3 x 8 1/8 in.)
    Each leaf inscribed, with one to three seals of the artist
    Titleship by Artist with four seals
    Two collectors' seals
    One colophon by the Artist
    One colophon by Lu Wei Zhao with two seals
    Two collectors' seals

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Cheng Shifa Huaxuan (Painting Selections of Cheng Shifa), Shanghai Shuhua Publishing House, 2005, pp.14-17.

    Meishu Jingyin Zai Shenzhen - Cheng Shifa (Genius Painters in Shenzhen --- Cheng Shifa), Shenzhen Art Museum, 2007, p.84.


    Exhibited

    Shenzhen Art Museum, Meishu Jingyin Zai Shenzhen - Cheng Shifa (Genius Painters in Shenzhen --- Cheng Shifa), 18 March - 8 April 2007


    Lot Essay

    US$154,800-193,500

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