- 1136
Ai Weiwei
Estimate
320,000 - 450,000 HKD
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Description
- Ai Weiwei
- Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (Set of Three)
- gelatin-silver print
mounted on card, framed under Plexiglas
Executed in 1995, this work is number five from an edition of eight.
Executed in 1995, this work is number five from an edition of eight.
Exhibited
Denmark, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Made in China: Works from the Estella Collection, March - August 2007, fig.1
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Made in China: Contemporary Chinese Art at the Israel Museum, September 2007 - March 2008
Another edition of Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn is part of the collection of the Queensland Art Gallery
Literature
C. Merewether, ed., Ai Weiwei - Works: Beijing 1993-2003, China, 2003, pp. 66-67
Condition
The left image with two small creases along the top edge, approx 1.5 and 2cm. The right image with a scratch in the top left, approx 8cm. Other minor scattered surfaces throughout.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."