Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Deux fillettes, 1978
Gouache · Other support
Phillips · Mar 29, 2026HK$967,500 ≈ $123,501 ≈ £92,991 ≈ €107,234Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Le thé (Tea)
Mai Trung Thu (French, 1906–1980) · 1962
HK$437,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ $55,917≈ £43,522≈ €49,210
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink and colour on silk”
- Support
- Other support
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated ‘MAI THU 1962[in Chinese]’ with one seal of the artist, upper left
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 27.5 cm. (15 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale (HK010418)
- Date
- November 26, 2018
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Lot
- 46
- Estimate
- HK$180,000 – HK$280,000 (≈ $23,006 – $35,787) (≈ £17,906 – £27,854) (≈ €20,246 – €31,494)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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