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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Important Chinese Art and a Private Collection of Chinese, European Art and Antiques
• Sale Date:
  21 Nov 2011 ~ 6pm (Lots 1 - 215)
  22 Nov 2011 ~ 11am (Lots 216 - 354)
  22 Nov 2011 ~ 2pm (Lots 355 - 624)
  22 Nov 2011 ~ 6.30pm (Lots 625 - 775)
• Lot #:
  124
• Lot Description:
  *See Lot 1383 5/04/2011 Sotheby's HK; Christies, HK “Fine Chinese Modern Paintings”, 29/11/09; Also, a very similar painting, dated Winter 1948, s
  ink and slight colour on paper
  110 x 52.2cm
  “问汝健足果何用，为觅生刍尽日驰” (…”My strong legs are used for running the whole day in search of grass”); dated, early Spring 1948, with one artists seal, “Xu Bei Hong Zhi Ha”
• Artist:
  XU BEIHONG ~ (1895-1953)
• Provenance:
  A private Tasmanian collection; purchased in Beijing, November 1958, at The International Bookshop, Chun wen men, Suzhou Hutong No38,. (see sales doc attached to the scroll mount). The shop sold books, paintings and curios. It was passed on to a family me
• Notes:
  *See Lot 1383 5/04/2011 Sotheby's HK; Christies, HK Fine Chinese Modern Paintings , 29/11/09; Also, a very similar painting, dated Winter 1948, sold in Rongbaozhai, Beijing, 2010
• Estimate:
  A$40,000 - 60,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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