Auction sale reference

Xu Beihong (1895-1953)

Sold for HK$13,540,000 at Christie's on May 28, 2010.

Chinese ink-and-color hanging scroll depicting five black cormorants among pale reeds.

Lot description

XU BEIHONG (1895-1953) Comorants Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper 111.8 x 110.5 cm. (44 x 43 1/2 in.) Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist Dated autumn, yihai year (1935) Titleslip entitled by Xu Beihong

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