Sale 2605
Hong Kong
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25 May 2008
Price realised
HKD 223,500
Estimate
SHEN XIAOTONG (BORN IN 1968) LAND OF HAPPINESS NO. 1 SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 'XIAOTONG SHEN; LAND OF HAPPINESS; 1993.10' IN CHINESE & PINYIN (ON REVERSE) OIL ON CANVAS 198 X 179 CM. (78 X 70 1/2 IN.) PAINTED IN 1993
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HUBEI JIAO YU CHU BAN SHE, ZHONGGUO DANG DAI MEI SHU TU JIAN, 1979-1999, WUHAN, CHINA, 2001, P. 72. (ILLUSTRATED)
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