Lot 1019 · Modern and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
Chess Match of the Century: Walled City III
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- Estimate
- HK$1,000,000–HK$1,500,000 hammer ≈ $128,692–$193,039
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Hong Kong · 2 April 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4553963
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Xu Jian, Chess Match of the Century: Walled City III. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2017, lot 1019. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4553963.
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Xu Jian, Chess Match of the Century: Walled City III. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2017, lot 1019. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4553963.
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