Lot 1745 · Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper Sale
Poems to the Western Villa in Running Script Calligraphy
Wen Zhengming · Handscroll, ink on paper
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- Estimate
- HK$500,000–HK$700,000 hammer ≈ $64,150–$89,809
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper Sale, New York · 28 November 2011
- Dimensions
- 26.4 x 361.5 cm. (10 1/3 x 142 1/4 in.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4654045
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-4654045 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4654045
Wen Zhengming, Poems to the Western Villa in Running Script Calligraphy. Christie's, 28 Nov 2011, lot 1745. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4654045.
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