Dong Bangda
Spring in Peach Blossom Land
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 999
28. Nov - 28. Nov 2016
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 999
28. Nov - 28. Nov 2016
Estimate: 7.000.000 - 9.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 38.620.000 HKD
Price realised: 38.620.000 HKD
Description
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
144.5 x 65 cm. (56 7/8 x 25 5/8 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Seven imperial collectors’ seals: four of Emperor Qianlong and three of Emperor Jiaqing (1760-1820)
LITERATURE:
Combined Catalogues of the Qing Imperial Collection Volume 11: Catalogue of the Paintings and Calligraphy in the Imperial Collection Part III Volume 4, Shanghai Bookstore, Shanghai, October 1988, p.3283.
NOTE:
This painting, Spring in Peach Blossom Land, is the first out of the ten hanging scrolls as documented in the foregoing literature. The sixth painting, Waterfalls in the Rocky Mountains, was sold in this room on 25 November 2013, Lot 987.
144.5 x 65 cm. (56 7/8 x 25 5/8 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Seven imperial collectors’ seals: four of Emperor Qianlong and three of Emperor Jiaqing (1760-1820)
LITERATURE:
Combined Catalogues of the Qing Imperial Collection Volume 11: Catalogue of the Paintings and Calligraphy in the Imperial Collection Part III Volume 4, Shanghai Bookstore, Shanghai, October 1988, p.3283.
NOTE:
This painting, Spring in Peach Blossom Land, is the first out of the ten hanging scrolls as documented in the foregoing literature. The sixth painting, Waterfalls in the Rocky Mountains, was sold in this room on 25 November 2013, Lot 987.
A top price for Dong Bangda
The work Spring in Peach Blossom Land by Dong Bangda was worth HKD 38,620,000.00 (€ 4,706,105.12) to a buyer in November 2016. This price was achieved in the auction Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy at Christies in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 9,000,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Spring in Peach Blossom Land the most expensive artwork by Dong Bangda that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Dong Bangda
Die Arbeit Spring in Peach Blossom Land von Dong Bangda war einem Käufer im November 2016 HKD 38.620.000,00 (€ 4.706.105,12) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy bei Christies in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 9.000.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Spring in Peach Blossom Land zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Dong Bangda, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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