Sale 9086
New York, Park Avenue
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23 March 1999
Price realised
USD 8,050
Estimate
ANONYMOUS (18th century)* Chinese scenes Six-panel screen; ink, color and gold leaf on paper 60 x 141in. (154 x 358cm.)
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