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Drawing (ink) · Paper
Phillips · Sep 30, 2026HK$219,300 ≈ $27,950 ≈ £21,099 ≈ €24,615Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Writing
Sanyu (Chinese-French, 1895–1966) · c. 1920s-1930s
NT$1,440,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $43,949≈ £29,181≈ €40,659
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “Watercolor on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 41 x 27 cm
- Auction house
- Ravenel
- Sale
- Ravenel Autumn Auction 2015 Taipei (699f48f0-0ef7-4d78-b7d9-3c3d623884f4)
- Date
- December 6, 2015
- Location
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Lot
- 133
- Estimate
- NT$850,000 – NT$1,600,000 (≈ $25,942 – $48,832) (≈ £17,225 – £32,423) (≈ €24,000 – €45,177)
- Source
- Auction house ravenelart.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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