Empress Cixi
Calligraphy in Standard Script
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1051
27.Nov - 27.Nov.2017
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1051
27.Nov - 27.Nov.2017
Estimate: 150.000 - 300.000 HKD
Price realised: 400.000 HKD
Price realised: 400.000 HKD
Description
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on flower-and-bat pattern colour paper
60.4 x 205 cm. (23 3/4 x 80 3/4 in.)
One seal of the artist
One collector’s seal of Qian Jingtang (1907-1983)
note:
The plaque, published in p.63 of Famous Plaques in Beijing, by Beijing Arts and Photography Publishing House in 1996, was created based on this original work.
60.4 x 205 cm. (23 3/4 x 80 3/4 in.)
One seal of the artist
One collector’s seal of Qian Jingtang (1907-1983)
note:
The plaque, published in p.63 of Famous Plaques in Beijing, by Beijing Arts and Photography Publishing House in 1996, was created based on this original work.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 33 %.
The work Calligraphy in Standard Script by Empress Dowager Cixi was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in November 2017. It achieved a price of HKD 400,000.00 (€ 43,066.06), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 33%. Admittedly, works by Empress Dowager Cixi have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Lotus, Root and Seed in May 2013 with an auction result of HKD 3,150,000.00 (€ 312,380.66).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 33 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Calligraphy in Standard Script von Empress Dowager Cixi kam im November 2017 bei Christies in Hong Kong zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 400.000,00 (€ 43.066,06) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 33%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Empress Dowager Cixi auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Lotus, Root and Seed im Mai 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 3.150.000,00 (€ 312.380,66).
Empress Dowager Cixi - Auction history
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