Lot 89 · Travel & Exploration
'A Shan Chinese Old Man'; 'A Shan Chinese Old Woman', a pair. Together with two Burmese portraits by the same hand depicting a Kachin Old Man and a Kachin Old Woman. (4)
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- Estimate
- £500–£700 hammer ≈ $634–$887
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Travel & Exploration, Online, London, Knightsbridge · 2 December 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-376798
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Maung Su Yatanabon, 'A Shan Chinese Old Man'; 'A Shan Chinese Old Woman', a pair. Together with two Burmese portraits by the same hand depicting a Kachin Old Man and a Kachin Old Woman. (4). Bonhams, 2 Dec 2024, lot 89. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-376798.
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Maung Su Yatanabon, 'A Shan Chinese Old Man'; 'A Shan Chinese Old Woman', a pair. Together with two Burmese portraits by the same hand depicting a Kachin Old Man and a Kachin Old Woman. (4). Bonhams, 2 Dec 2024, lot 89. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-376798.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.