Sale 2606
Hong Kong
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26 May 2008
Price realised
HKD 112,500
Estimate
YU FEI'AN (1888-1959) Orchid Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper 135 x 37.8 cm. (53 1/8 x 14 7/8 in.) Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
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