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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE HONG KONG COLLECTION 香港私人收藏 (LOTS 1224-1227)

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Baling Mountain.
DENG FEN (1894-1964) DENG FEN (1894-1964)
HK$80,000-100,000
Beauty Playing Flute Selling Herbs US$11,000-13,000

Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour 鄧芬 不二價圖 設色紙本 鏡框
88.5 x 33 cm. (34 √ x 13 in.) on paper 一九六二年作
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the 100 x 50.5 cm. (39 ¡ x 19 √ in.)
artist Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist 題識：陳 老鏗吾兄屬寫不二價圖，
Dated xinchou year (1961) Dated tenth month, renyin year (1962) 為擬六如本，請正之。
Dedicated to Buwei Dedicated to Chen Keng 壬寅（1962年）十月，
曇殊芬識在香港。
HK$60,000-80,000 NOTE:
US$7,800-10,000
Han Kang was a member of a wealthy family
鄧芬 柳蔭清音 設色紙本 立軸 during the Han Dynasty. But he was reluctant 鈐印：誦先
一九六一年作 to enter into power and often travelled to
mountains where he picked medical herbs and 註：漢朝時期，出身豪門的韓康不願入仕當
題識：步煒吾兄陳先生教正之。 sold them in the market. He did it for thirty 官，經常遊名山采藥到長安市場上去賣，
辛丑（1961年）小寒，曇殊芬識。 years and never bargained with the buyers. 三十年如一日堅持言不二價。有一次，一女
Once, a lady tried to bargain with him as she 子向韓康買藥，討價還價，女子說她早就知
鈐印：鄧芬、從心 knew that Han would accept whatever price 韓康言不二價，韓康歎息自己隱名避世還是
offered. Han felt so ashamed that his name was 被人認出，遂隱遁於霸陵山中。
noticed, he decided to remain secluded from

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