Cai Jia
Mountains and Rivers Without End
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 994
27.Nov - 27.Nov.2017
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 994
27.Nov - 27.Nov.2017
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 4.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 24.100.000 HKD
Price realised: 24.100.000 HKD
Description
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
35 x 277 cm. (13 3/4 x 109 in.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with nine seals of the artist
Dated summer, dingyou year (1717)
Twenty-one collectors’ seals
PROVENANCE:
Lot 69, 30 October 1994, Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Christie’s Hong Kong.
35 x 277 cm. (13 3/4 x 109 in.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with nine seals of the artist
Dated summer, dingyou year (1717)
Twenty-one collectors’ seals
PROVENANCE:
Lot 69, 30 October 1994, Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Christie’s Hong Kong.
A top price for Cai Jia
The work Mountains and Rivers Without End by Cai Jia was worth HKD 24,100,000.00 (€ 2,594,730.21) to a buyer in November 2017. This price was achieved in the auction Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy at Christies in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 4,000,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Mountains and Rivers Without End the most expensive artwork by Cai Jia that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Cai Jia
Die Arbeit Mountains and Rivers Without End von Cai Jia war einem Käufer im November 2017 HKD 24.100.000,00 (€ 2.594.730,21) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy bei Christies in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 4.000.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Mountains and Rivers Without End zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Cai Jia, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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