Sale 2387
Hong Kong
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26 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 3,127,500
Estimate
XU BEIHONG (1895-1953) Two Horses Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper 124 x 71.5 cm. (48 3/4 x 28 1/8 in.) Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist Dated autumn, jimao year (1939) Dedicated to Canghai and Guohao
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