Dong Qichang
Running Script Calligraphy
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 843
3. Dec - 3. Dec 2022
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 843
3. Dec - 3. Dec 2022
Estimate: 500.000 - 600.000 HKD
Price realised: 420.000 HKD
Price realised: 420.000 HKD
Description
DONG QICHANG (1555-1636)
Running Script Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on satin
149 x 53 cm. (58 5/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Inscription on the wooden box
NOTE:
With a paper note inscribed in 1781 stating that it was previously owned by Genyo Hyakusetsu (1668-1749), a native of Kyoto and monk painter in the Edo period in Japan.
Running Script Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on satin
149 x 53 cm. (58 5/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Inscription on the wooden box
NOTE:
With a paper note inscribed in 1781 stating that it was previously owned by Genyo Hyakusetsu (1668-1749), a native of Kyoto and monk painter in the Edo period in Japan.
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Running Script Calligraphy by Dong Qichang was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in December last year, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of HKD 500,000.00 – 600,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for HKD 420,000.00 (€ 50,330.90). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Dong Qichang achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Calligraphy In Regular And Running Script After The Old Masters in October 2021 with an auction result of HKD 57,750,000.00 (€ 6,423,887.64).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Running Script Calligraphy von Dong Qichang im Dezember letzten Jahres bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von HKD 500.000,00 – 600.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für HKD 420.000,00 (€ 50.330,90) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Dong Qichang erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Calligraphy In Regular And Running Script After The Old Masters im Oktober 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 57.750.000,00 (€ 6.423.887,64).
Dong Qichang - Auction history
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