Lot 767
  • 767

YEE BON (YU BEN) | Fields by the Banks of Peony River

Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Yee Bon (Yu Ben)
  • Fields by the Banks of Peony River
  • signed in Chinese
  • oil on paper mounted on board
  • 54.3 by 79 cm; 21 ⅜ by 31 ⅛ in. 
executed in 1963

Provenance

Important Private Asian Collection

Literature

Paintings by Yee Bon, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, 1982, plate 41
Huang Duwei, Huang Shude, ed., The Art of Yee Bon, Lingnan Fine Art Publishing House, Shenzhen, 1994, p. 91

Condition

The work is overall in good condition, except for a tiny spot of paint loss at the edge of the lower left border. Under UV light examination, there are minor signs of touch-up along the top border of the paper.
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