Lot 251
  • 251

Cai Guo-Qiang

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Cai Guo-Qiang
  • Untitled
  • each signed in Chinese and Pinyn, dated 2006 and numbered 5/5
  • painted terracotta; in three parts

  • smallest: 11 in (27.9 cm.)
  • largest: 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm.)

Provenance

The Mezzanine Gallery at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above 

Condition

Overall good conditoin. Some surface dirt. Some minor areas of paint loss where the white of the resin is visible. A few small areas of ware.
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