Lot 260
  • 260

Zhou Tiehai

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Zhou Tiehai
  • Deity with Laurel Crown
  • signed in Pinyin and Chinese and dated 2003 on the reverse
  • airbrush on canvas

Provenance

Primo Marella Gallery, Milan
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

This work is generally in good condition. Upon close inspection, there is a hairline scratch near the centre of the figure's right wing, running diagonally from upper left to lower right; There are a few hairline scratches running in a similar direction along the left edge of the canvas. There are two specks of rubbing marks at the extreme bottom edge, one about 20cm from the right edge, one about 30cm from the right edge, likely due to protruding nail shank on the stretcher.
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