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Oil · Canvas
Ravenel · Dec 3, 2006NT$1,416,000 ≈ $43,740 ≈ £22,131 ≈ €33,026Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Against the Light
Cao Li (Chinese, b. 1954) · 2003
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate NT$900,000 – NT$1,000,000 (≈ $27,891 – $30,990) (≈ £13,516 – £15,017) (≈ €18,895 – €20,995)
Offered at Ravenel and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on linen”
- Support
- Linen
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 140 x 110 cm
- Auction house
- Ravenel
- Sale
- Ravenel Autumn Auction 2007 (16dd2d5b-58b1-43f3-ba91-e30dfd9119c5)
- Date
- December 2, 2007
- Location
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Lot
- 144
- Estimate
- NT$900,000 – NT$1,000,000 (≈ $27,891 – $30,990) (≈ £13,516 – £15,017) (≈ €18,895 – €20,995)
- Source
- Auction house ravenelart.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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