Sale 3365
Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall
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24 - 25 November 2014
VARIOUS OWNERS
Price realised
HKD 2,680,000
Estimate
WU GUANZHONG (1919-2010) Peaches Inscribed, with one seal of the artist Further inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist Dated 2000 Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper 69 x 68.5 cm. (27 1/8 x 27 in.) 20th Century
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Literature
The Complete Works of Wu Guanzhong - Vol. VIII, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, Changsha, 2007, p.166.
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