Fan Xu

Lady and a Crane

Found at Sothebys, Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Paintings, Lot 3004
20. Sep - 11. Oct 2021
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 HKD
Price realised: 100.800 HKD
Fans from an European Collection (Lots 3001-3008)
Fan Xu (active early 20th century)
Lady and a Crane
ink and colour on paper, folding fan
The reverse, calligraphy by Shou Shigong
19.5 x 50.3 cm 7⅝x 19⅞in.
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歐洲私人藏扇畫小輯(編號3001-3008)
樊虛 (active early 20th century) 金陵十二釵 ─ 妙玉

Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price

When the work Lady and a Crane by Fan Xu was auctioned at Sothebys in Hong Kong in October 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 20,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at HKD 100,800.00 (€ 11,212.60). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Fan Xu; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot A Beauty Catching Butterflies sold at auction in November 2016 with the realized price of HKD 112,100.00 (€ 13,660.13).

Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Lady and a Crane von Fan Xu im Oktober 2021 bei Sothebys in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 20.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 100.800,00 (€ 11.212,60) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Fan Xu; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit A Beauty Catching Butterflies im November 2016 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 112.100,00 (€ 13.660,13).

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