Lot 718
  • 718

GUAN ZILAN | Sunflowers

Estimate
240,000 - 350,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Sunflowers
  • signed in Chinese and dated 1939
  • watercolour on paper
  • 38 by 28.5 cm; 15 by 11 ¼ in. 

Provenance

Important Private Asian Collection

Literature

CANS Art News Editing Team, ed., Guan Zilan 1903 - 1985, Chinese Art Books Co., Taipei, 2012, plate 64, p. 103

Condition

The work is overall in very good condition, with some natural paper creases at the extreme bottom edge. From the reverse, there is a sign of repaired tear at the extreme bottom edge.
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