Da Chongguang
Letters
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Fine Classical Chinese Paintings and Cal, Lot 557
19. Sep - 19. Sep 2013
Fine Classical Chinese Paintings and Cal, Lot 557
19. Sep - 19. Sep 2013
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 149.000 USD
Price realised: 149.000 USD
Description
Da Chongguang 1623-1692
LETTERS
signed di Chongguang, Chongguang, with two seals of the artist, chong guang, da. Colophon by Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802), signed Menglou jushi, dated bingwu (1786) year of the Qianlong reign, spring, with three seals, wen zhi, meng lou (2). With fifteen collectors' seals, meng chan shi, ke yi dun xing zhi si, ceng wei zhi yu zhi shan zhai suo you (3), qian (2), xu song ci cang, zhen ze xu shi shou cang zhi yin, lu shi bao cang, zheng hua shi zhen can
ink on paper, album of thirty-two leaves
21.0 by 11.4 cm. 8 1/4 by 4 1/2 in. (and various sizes)
see illustration of four leaves.
LETTERS
signed di Chongguang, Chongguang, with two seals of the artist, chong guang, da. Colophon by Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802), signed Menglou jushi, dated bingwu (1786) year of the Qianlong reign, spring, with three seals, wen zhi, meng lou (2). With fifteen collectors' seals, meng chan shi, ke yi dun xing zhi si, ceng wei zhi yu zhi shan zhai suo you (3), qian (2), xu song ci cang, zhen ze xu shi shou cang zhi yin, lu shi bao cang, zheng hua shi zhen can
ink on paper, album of thirty-two leaves
21.0 by 11.4 cm. 8 1/4 by 4 1/2 in. (and various sizes)
see illustration of four leaves.
A top price for Da Chongguang
When the work Letters by Da Chongguang was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in September 2013, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 7,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 21 times as high at USD 149,000.00 (€ 110,084.96). This high result makes Letters the most expensive artwork by Da Chongguang that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Da Chongguang
Als die Arbeit Letters von Da Chongguang im September 2013 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 7.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 149.000,00 (€ 110.084,96) mehr als 21-mal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Letters zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Da Chongguang, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Da Chongguang - Auction history
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