Chua Lam

Calligraphy in Running Script

Found at Christies, Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1603
23. Nov - 7. Dec 2022
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 HKD
Price realised: 35.280 HKD
CHUA LAM (B. 1941) Calligraphy in Running Script Scroll, mounted for framing, ink on paper 100.5 x 31 cm. (39 5 ⁄ 8 x 12 1 ⁄ 4 in.) Signed, with one seal of the artist

Upper estimate price exceeded by 76 %.

This artwork by Chua Lam achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in December last year. In the Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online auction, the work Calligraphy in Running Script sold for HKD 35,280.00 (€ 4,227.80) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 20,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Chua Lam - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Calligraphy in Running Script, which sold at auction in March last year for HKD 100,800.00 (€ 11,603.86).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 76 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Chua Lam erzielte im Dezember letzten Jahres bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online wurde die Arbeit Calligraphy in Running Script für HKD 35.280,00 (€ 4.227,80) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 20.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Chua Lam mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Calligraphy in Running Script beobachtet, die im März letzten Jahres für HKD 100.800,00 (€ 11.603,86) versteigert wurde.

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