Sale 2176
Hong Kong
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31 October 2004
Price realised
HKD 1,519,750
Estimate
BADA SHANREN (1626-1705) LANTING XU IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper 26.5 x 28.8 cm (10 1/3 x 11 1/3 in.) Signed: Bada Shanren One seal of the artist: Ba Da Shan Ren Six collectors' seals, including: Zhang Daqian (1899-1983): Da Feng Tang Zhan Jiang Kun Can Xue Ge Ku Gua Mo Yuan, Nan Bei Dong Xi Zhi You Xiang Sui Wu Bie Li, Bie Shi Rong Yi, Tu Qiu Bao Gu Rou Qing; and Gu Luo Fu; one other illegible seal
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