Sale 2387
Hong Kong
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26 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 247,500
Estimate
SUN WEN (1866-1925) Calligraphy Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on gold-flecked paper 25 x 92.5 cm. (9 7/8 x 36 1/2 in.) Signed, with one seal of the artist
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