Sale 12551
Convention Hall
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31 May 2016
Price realised
HKD 3,160,000
Estimate
LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991) Lady in Red Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper 57 x 64 cm. (22 ½ x 25 ¼ in.) Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist Dedicated to Yanwu (Li Yanwu, 1916-1987)
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