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           Blanchette Rockefeller, Marshall Balfour, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Indian
           Health Minister), John D. Rockefeller III, Margaret Balfour dated 1954  XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
                                                                              Horse, 1944
                                                                              Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, with
                                                                              an artist’s inscription reading jiashen zhong
                                                                              chun (1944, middle spring) and signed
                                                                              Beihong, with one artist’s seal reading
                                                                              Donghai Wang Sun.
                                                                              29 3/4 x 19 3/4in (75.5 x 50.1cm)
                                                                              $50,000 - 70,000

                                                                              徐悲鴻 奔馬圖 設色紙本 立軸 一九四四年作
                                                                              Provenance
                                                                              Acquired in Beijing in 1946-7 by Dr. Marshall
                                                                              C Balfour (1896-1976), head of the Rockfeller
                                                                              Foundation’s Far East office, thereafter by
                                                                              descent






















           Stamped label on outside mounting










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