Chen Chun
Flowers and Calligraphy
Found at
Christies,
Paris
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 822
1. Jun - 1. Jun 2023
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 822
1. Jun - 1. Jun 2023
Estimate: 6.000.000 - 8.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 28.810.000 HKD
Price realised: 28.810.000 HKD
Description
CHEN CHUN (1483-1544)
Flowers and Calligraphy
Handscroll, ink on paper
26.7 x 403.9 cm. (10 1/2 x 159 in.)
Inscribed with six poems and signed, with seventeen seals of the artist
Dated spring day, jihai year (1539)
Eleven collector’s seals including four of Wang Wenbo (1659-1725), three of Chen Jide (19th Century) and two of Xu Wenbo (b.1931)
Colophon by Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), dated wuwu year (1918), signed with two seals
Frontispiece by Li Ruiqing (1867-1920), signed with four seals
Titleslip by Zeng Xi (1861-1930), dated wuwu year (1918), signed with one seal -
Flowers and Calligraphy
Handscroll, ink on paper
26.7 x 403.9 cm. (10 1/2 x 159 in.)
Inscribed with six poems and signed, with seventeen seals of the artist
Dated spring day, jihai year (1539)
Eleven collector’s seals including four of Wang Wenbo (1659-1725), three of Chen Jide (19th Century) and two of Xu Wenbo (b.1931)
Colophon by Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), dated wuwu year (1918), signed with two seals
Frontispiece by Li Ruiqing (1867-1920), signed with four seals
Titleslip by Zeng Xi (1861-1930), dated wuwu year (1918), signed with one seal -
A top price for Chen Chun
When the work Flowers and Calligraphy by Chen Chun was auctioned at Christies in Paris in June this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 8,000,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at HKD 28,810,000.00 (€ 3,366,443.22). This high result makes Flowers and Calligraphy the most expensive artwork by Chen Chun that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Chen Chun
Als die Arbeit Flowers and Calligraphy von Chen Chun im Juni diesen Jahres bei Christies in Paris versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 8.000.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 28.810.000,00 (€ 3.366.443,22) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Flowers and Calligraphy zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Chen Chun, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Chen Chun - Auction history
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