Sale 2387
Hong Kong
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26 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 62,500
Estimate
HUANG JUNBI (1898-1991) Begonia Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper 56 x 43.5 cm. (22 x 17 1/8 in.) Signed, with one seal of the artist Three collectors' seals
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