Sale 3472
New York
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16 September 2014
Price realised
USD 5,000
Estimate
DING YANYONG (1902-1978) CRABS Hanging scroll, ink on paper Inscribed with a poem and signed by the artist, with one seal 26½ x 13¼ in. (67 x 33.5 cm.)
Provenance
Lot 238, 30 March 2006, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Sotheby's New York.
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Saleroom Notice
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Wang Jiqian (C.C. Wang, 1907-2003). From the Jingwu Xuan Collection; Lot 238, 30 March 2006, Sotheby’s Hong Kong
Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY OF JINGWU XUAN COLLECTION
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