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Cai Guo-Qiang
Murmuration Box
Estimate
£2,000–3,000
Starting Bid
£1,700
2019
Porcelain multiple with gunpowder, with the accompanying unique gunpowder drawing and book, all contained in the original black mano-bound presentation box.
multiple 5.5 x 18 x 20.5 cm (2 1/8 x 7 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
print S. 27.9 x 39.8 cm (10 7/8 x 15 5/8 in.)
book 29 x 24.1 x 2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/2 x 0 3/4 in.)
print S. 27.9 x 39.8 cm (10 7/8 x 15 5/8 in.)
book 29 x 24.1 x 2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/2 x 0 3/4 in.)
The porcelain multiple signed and numbered 25/50 in pencil on the underside, the print signed, dated and numbered 25/50 in pencil, and the book signed in silver ink and numbered 25/50 (printed) on the title page, published by The National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne, on the occasion of their exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient Landscape, 24 May to 13 October 2019, the print unframed.