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Beijing court rejects buyer’s claim over disputed Wu Guanzhong attribution

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Beijing court rejects buyer’s claim over disputed Wu Guanzhong attribution
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A buyer who paid 2.3 million yuan before fees for a painting catalogued as Pond by Wu Guanzhong asked to rescind the sale. Beijing’s First Intermediate People’s Court rejected his claim against the consignor and Beijing Hanhai. Contextual portrait of Wu Guanzhong by Chua Soo Bin, via Tsinghua University Art Museum.

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