Sale 2382
Hong Kong
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25 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 487,500
Estimate
MAO XUHUI (Born in 1956) The Shepherdess and Her White Goats signed, dated and titled 'Mao ; Mao Xuhui; 86; Guishan Series - White Goats' in Chinese & Pinyin (lower right & on reverse) oil on canvas 84 x 96 cm. (33 x 37¾ in.) Painted in 1986
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Soobin Art Gallery, Dream of the Red Earth, Singapore, 1997, p. 19. (illustrated)
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