Sale 3363
Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall
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25 November 2014
Price realised
HKD 75,000
Estimate
WU DA (17TH CENTURY) Traveling in the Mountains Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist Dated autumn, wuxu year (1658) Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk 107.2 x 32.2 cm. (42 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.) 17th Century
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