Sale 2387
Hong Kong
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26 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 37,500
Estimate
HUANG SHAOQIANG (1901-1942) Guanyin with a Child Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper 85.6 x 42.5 cm. (30 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.) Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist Dedicated to Zongsui and Jinlan Dated seventh month, 24th year (of the Republic of China, i.e. 1935)
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