Sale 2911
Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall
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29 May 2012
Price realised
HKD 325,000
Estimate
YANG SHANSHEN (1913-2004) White Egret Signed, with one seal of the artist Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper 138 x 34 cm. (54 3/8 x 13 5/8 in.) 20th Century
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Guangzhou Museum of Art (ed), Yang Shanshen's Paintings, Lingnan Art Publishing House, Guangzhou, December 2007, pl.123.
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