Sale 2387
Hong Kong
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26 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 271,500
Estimate
DENG FEN (1894-1964) Monk Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper 150 x 75.5 cm. (59 x 29 3/4 in.) Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist Dedicated to Qiu Zitian Dated dingyou year (1957) One collector's seal
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