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- Estimate
- HK$70,000–HK$90,000 hammer ≈ $8,917–$11,465
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong · 2 April 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4733015
- Record
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Tan Yankai, calligraphy couplet in kaishu. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2019, lot 1401. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4733015.
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Tan Yankai, calligraphy couplet in kaishu. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2019, lot 1401. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4733015.
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From the same sale Fine Chinese Paintings · Apr 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| thatched huts in the countryside | Pu Ru | HK$120,000–HK$180,000 | |
| landscape after wang chen | Wu Hufan | HK$500,000–HK$700,000 | |
| landscape | Chen Shaomei | HK$250,000–HK$300,000 | |
| assemblage of calligraphy | — | HK$220,000–HK$300,000 | |
| calligraphy | Luo Zhenyu | HK$60,000–HK$80,000 | |
| cinnabar bamboo | Wu Changshuo | HK$120,000–HK$180,000 |
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| Huang Binhong | 黃賓虹 翠壑訪友 | Huang Binhong, Visiting a Friend in the Mountains | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Zhang Daqian | Ink Lotus | Christie's, May 2022 | ||
| Zhang Daqian | Grapevine | Christie's, Oct 2025 |
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