Chen Hongshou
Four-character Calligraphic Couplet in Seal Script
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Cultured Legacy: Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Chang Shiu Sig and Tung Shui Wah Collection, Lot 1656
22. Nov - 6. Dec 2023
Cultured Legacy: Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Chang Shiu Sig and Tung Shui Wah Collection, Lot 1656
22. Nov - 6. Dec 2023
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 HKD
Price realised: 378.000 HKD
Price realised: 378.000 HKD
Description
CHEN HONGSHOU (1768-1822) Four-character Calligraphic Couplet in Seal Script A pair of scrolls, mounted and framed, ink on paper Each scroll measures 82 x 20.5 cm. (32 1 ⁄ 4 x 8 1 ⁄ 8 in.) Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist Dated fourteenth day of the sixth month, yihai year (1815) Dedicated to Yingjia Two collector's seal of Sun Zhongying (1883-1953) NOTE: Sun Zhongying, a native of Zhongshan, Guangdong province, was a learned scholar and a renowned poet. He owned a rich collection of paintings focusing on masters in the Guangdong area. Sun held positions in various civil departments in Guangdong and was appointed Head of the Guangdong Tax Bureau.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
The work Four-character Calligraphic Couplet in Seal Script by Chen Hongshou was worth HKD 378,000.00 (€ 43,738.93) to a buyer in December this year. This price was achieved in the auction Cultured Legacy: Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Chang Shiu Sig and Tung Shui Wah Collection at Christies in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 80,000.00 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Chen Hongshou achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Seven Sages Of The Bamboo Grove in March 2012 with an auction result of USD 1,650,500.00 (€ 1,237,813.11).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Four-character Calligraphic Couplet in Seal Script von Chen Hongshou war einem Käufer im Dezember diesen Jahres HKD 378.000,00 (€ 43.738,93) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Cultured Legacy: Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Chang Shiu Sig and Tung Shui Wah Collection bei Christies in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 80.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Chen Hongshou erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Seven Sages Of The Bamboo Grove im März 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.650.500,00 (€ 1.237.813,11).
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