Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Les Poèmes de T'ao Tsien, 1930
Etching · ed. 181/306
Phillips · Dec 4, 2020HK$113,400 ≈ $14,631 ≈ £10,863 ≈ €12,033Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Small Fish
Sanyu (Chinese-French, 1895–1966) · 1962
NT$1,800,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $55,962≈ £34,253≈ €37,140
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on cardboard”
- Support
- Board
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 23 x 18 cm
- Auction house
- Ravenel
- Sale
- Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei (78f37187-5142-4534-8551-38fc6ccfdfe9)
- Date
- December 6, 2009
- Location
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Lot
- 30
- Estimate
- NT$550,000 – NT$750,000 (≈ $17,100 – $23,318) (≈ £10,466 – £14,272) (≈ €11,348 – €15,475)
- Source
- Auction house ravenelart.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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