Sale 2387
Hong Kong
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26 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 463,500
Estimate
XU BEIHONG (1895-1953) Calligraphy Couplet in Jin Script A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper Each scroll measures 133 x 33 cm. (52 3/8 x 13 in.) Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist Dedicated to Bocun Dated tenth month, twenty-eighth year (of the Republic of China, 1939) (2)
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