Sale 60 The Jane and Dan Sten Olsson Collection of Large Dragons

China, Proofs : Large Dragon with Extra Circle removed 1ca. green imperforate on thin wove paper, Setting II, block of four [1-12/7-21] with 9mm. sheet margin at top and 7.5mm. sheet margin at left, showing characteristic offset printing on reverse, highly accomplished printing in a lovely delicate shade, extremely fine and fresh.
Estimate HK$ 150,000 - 200,000

Provenance: Sir Percival David, Robson Lowe (London), 22.7.1970, lot 8
Giulio Mochi, David Feldman (Geneva), 24.10.1984, lot 40561
Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman, Sotheby's and Corinphila (Hong Kong), 7.11.1996, lot A5.

A BLOCK OF FOUR IS THE LARGEST KNOWN MULTIPLE, AND THERE ARE ONLY TWO SUCH BLOCKS RECORDED.

There was probably only one imperforate sheet of twenty-five in this colour printed from this Setting.