Sale 2136
Hong Kong
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6 July 2003
Price realised
HKD 227,050
Estimate
LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991) EGRETS Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper 66.5 x 67 cm. (26 1/4 x 26 3/8 in.) Signed, with one seal of the artist
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