
Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000)
Portrait d’homme (Portrait of a Man)
signed in Chinese, signed again 'Vu cao dam' (lower right)
ink and gouache on silk
26.5 x 23.4 cm. (10 3⁄8 x 9 1⁄4 in.)
Painted circa 1940
one seal of the artist
Provenance
Private collection, France
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2008, lot 744
Acquired from above by the present owner
Estimate
HKD 160,000 – HKD 260,000
Price Realised
HKD 151,200
Christie’s, The Henderson, Hong Kong
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