PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 1640-1641)
WU YISHENG (1929-2009)
Zhong Kui Marrying off his Sister
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Price Realised HKD 35,000
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HKD 10,000 - HKD 20,000
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Wu Yisheng, a native of Taishan, Guangdong, is an expert at flowers-and-birds, landscape and figure painting. He is a master of painting peacocks. In the 1960s, he founded the Yisheng studio to teach painting and immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1984.
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We have sought to record changes in the condition of this piece acquired after its initial manufacture. -There is a stain at the upper left quadrant and a minor ink mark at the lower left quadrant; -It is in our opinion that the painting is in overall excellent condition.
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Lot 1641Sale 17211
Zhong Kui Marrying off his SisterWU YISHENG (1929-2009)Estimate: HKD 10,000 - 20,000
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