Sale 2387
Hong Kong
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26 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 1,207,500
Estimate
XIE ZHILIU (1910-1997) Figures Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper 33 x 117 cm (13 x 46 in.) Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist Dated summer, dinghai year (1947) Further inscribed by Pan Boying (1899-1966), with three seals
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