Sale 2386
Hong Kong
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26 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 367,500
Estimate
XIAO YUNCONG (1596-1673) Washing the Ink Stone Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper 74.3 x 38 cm.(29 1/4 x 15 in.) Inscribed and signed by the artist: Xiao Yun Cong Two seals of the artist: Xiao Yun Cong, Luo Shan Shou Hua Shi Dated seventeenth day, seventh month, dingyou year (1657) Further inscribed by Fang Zhaozeng, signed with two seals Dated winter, wuxu year (1658) Note: For a brief biography of Fang Zhaozeng,, see Zhongguo meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p. 42
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