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Oil · Canvas
Smith & Singer · Oct 30, 2019A$31,720 ≈ $21,747 ≈ £16,879 ≈ €19,582Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script
Chen Hongshou (1768–1822)
A$3,660 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,509≈ £1,948≈ €2,259
Hammer A$3,000 · with buyer’s premium A$3,660
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink on paper, pair of hanging scrolls”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed CHEN HONGSHOU inscribed, and with three seals of the artist (2)
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- each 116 x 25 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Collections: Important Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design, Including Property from the Estate of the Late Colleen McCullough AO (AU0839)
- Date
- October 30, 2019
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 16
- Estimate
- A$3,000 – A$5,000 (≈ $2,057 – $3,428) (≈ £1,596 – £2,661) (≈ €1,852 – €3,087)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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