Sale 2387
Hong Kong
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26 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 125,000
Estimate
DING YANYONG (1902-1978) Frogs Resting amongs Lotus Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper 69.6 x 136 cm. (27 1/2 x 53 1/2 in.) Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist Dated wuwu year (1978)
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