Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 12th November 2019

Lot 22

CHEN YANNING (1945-) THE SANDALWOOD FAN II A Chinese painting

Estimate £8,000 - £10,000 | Hammer £35000

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Description

CHEN YANNING (1945-)

THE SANDALWOOD FAN II

A Chinese painting, oil on canvas, signed Chen Yanning, framed, with a paper label on the back for Hefner Galleries, Inc., 101cm x 75cm.

Provenance: exhibited at the Hefner Galleries, Inc. New York. This is one of the three paintings Anita Roddick purchased straight after the exhibition.

Purchased by Dame Anita Roddick (1942-2007) for

13,000 on 7th March 1989. A copy of the original invoice is available.

Sold on behalf of the Roddick Charitable Foundation.