Cui Zifan
Lotus And Two Birds
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1662
26. May - 26. May 2021
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1662
26. May - 26. May 2021
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 HKD
Price realised: 93.750 HKD
Price realised: 93.750 HKD
Description
CUI ZIFAN (1915-2011)
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
95 x 58.5 cm. (37 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> x 23 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
95 x 58.5 cm. (37 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> x 23 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Cui Zifan achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2021. In the Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online auction, the work Lotus And Two Birds sold for HKD 93,750.00 (€ 9,910.10) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 50,000.00. Admittedly, works by Cui Zifan have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Plum blossoms and Cranes in June 2015 with an auction result of HKD 437,500.00 (€ 50,598.44).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Cui Zifan erzielte im Mai 2021 bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online wurde die Arbeit Lotus And Two Birds für HKD 93.750,00 (€ 9.910,10) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 50.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Cui Zifan auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Plum blossoms and Cranes im Juni 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 437.500,00 (€ 50.598,44).