Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy 字畫 - 13th November 2018
Lot 1
CHEN YAN NING (1945-) THE SANDALWOOD FAN IV A Chinese painting
Estimate £8,000 - £10,000 | Hammer £230000
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Description
CHEN YAN NING (1945-)
THE SANDALWOOD FAN IV
A Chinese painting, oil on canvas, signed Chen Yan Ning, framed, with paper labels for the Hefner Galleries, Inc., Syllavethy Gallery and the Alexon Portrait exhibition at The Mall Galleries, 1990, 101cm x 75cm.
Provenance: exhibited at the Hefner Galleries, Inc. New York.
Purchased by Dame Anita Roddick (1942-2007) from Syllavethy Gallery for £10,500 on the 30th October 1990, together with a copy of the invoice. She then lent this painting to the Alexon Portrait exhibition at the Mall Galleries.
Sold on behalf of the Roddick Charitable Foundation.