Eika Kato
Set of five watercolours depicting views in Singapore including:
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 2.176 GBP
Price realised: 2.176 GBP
Description
Eika Kato (Japanese, 1869-1942)
Set of five watercolours depicting views in Singapore including:
- 'Johore Bahru'
- 'Changi Batu Puty'
- 'Janjong Katong'
- 'Changi Point'
Set of five watercolours depicting views in Singapore including:
- 'Johore Bahru'
- 'Changi Batu Puty'
- 'Janjong Katong'
- 'Changi Point'
Upper estimate price exceeded by 81 %.
This artwork by Eika Kato achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in London in June this year. In the Travel & Exploration Sale auction, the work Set of five watercolours depicting views in Singapore including: sold for GBP 2,176.00 (€ 2,532.49) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,200.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Eika Kato; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot A view of Hong Kong looking over Aberdeen Island (Ap Lei Chau), 1923 sold at auction in March last year with the realized price of GBP 2,295.00 (€ 2,720.98).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 81 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Eika Kato erzielte im Juni diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Travel & Exploration Sale wurde die Arbeit Set of five watercolours depicting views in Singapore including: für GBP 2.176,00 (€ 2.532,49) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.200,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Eika Kato; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit A view of Hong Kong looking over Aberdeen Island (Ap Lei Chau), 1923 im März letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 2.295,00 (€ 2.720,98).
Eika Kato - Auction history
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