Sale 2606
Hong Kong
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26 May 2008
Price realised
HKD 343,500
Estimate
CHENG SHIFA (1921-2007) Goats Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper 106 x 32.7 cm. (41 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.) Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist Dated winter, gengzi year (1960)
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Literature
Jin Xiandai Zhongguo Mingjia - Cheng Shifa (Famous Contemporary Chinese Artist - Cheng Shifa), Shanghai Shuhua Publishing House, 2006, p.67.
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