Sale 2367
Hong Kong
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28 May 2007
Price realised
HKD 1,200,000
Estimate
XU BEIHONG (1895-1953) Ducks Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper 110.5 x 48.5 cm. (43 1/2 x 19 in.) Inscribedand signed, with three seals of the artist Dedicated to Tian'en Dated summer, renshen year (1932)
Provenance
Property of a Singaporean Private Collector
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