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- Estimate
- HK$40,000–HK$60,000 hammer ≈ $5,096–$7,643
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong · 2 April 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4733059
- Record
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Chen Zengshou, calligraphy couplet in xingshu. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2019, lot 1356. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4733059.
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Chen Zengshou, calligraphy couplet in xingshu. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2019, lot 1356. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4733059.
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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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chen Zengshou | Calligraphy Couplet in Xingshu | $5,642 | Sotheby's, Oct 2014 | |
| Chen Zengshou | Pine and Rocks | Sotheby's, Sep 2016 | ||
| Yu Youren | YU YOUREN (1879-1964) Poem in Cursive Script for Chuon Ming | Bonhams, Sep 2026 | ||
| Chen Zengshou | 陳曾壽 Chen Zengshou | 臨倪瓚竹石山水冊 Landscape after Ni Zan | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Chen Zengshou | Poem in Kaishu | Sotheby's, Oct 2013 | ||
| Ding Yanyong | Monkey Riding Goat | Christie's, Jun 2023 | ||
| Ding Yanyong | Chinese Opera Figures - Beat the Drum and Scold Cao | Christie's, Sep 2022 | ||
| Ding Yanyong | Zhongkui | Christie's, Feb 2023 |
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