Fang Xun
Glimpses Of The Duanwu Festival
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Paintings, Lot 584
14. Sep - 14. Sep 2016
The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Paintings, Lot 584
14. Sep - 14. Sep 2016
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 USD
Price realised: 150.000 USD
Price realised: 150.000 USD
Description
Fang Xun 1736-1799
GLIMPSES OF THE DUANWU FESTIVAL
Inscription on painting by Zhang Xiong (1803-1886), signed Yuanhu houxue Zhang Xiong Zixiang, dated gengchen of the Guangxu reign, winter, the sixth day of the tenth lunar month (November 8, 1880), at the age of seventy-six, with a dedication and one seal, zhang xiong
Colophon by Fang Tinghu (active 19th century), signed Tinghu, dated xinwei (1811) of the Jiaqing reign, winter, with one seal, fang ting hu yin
With one collector's seal of Liu E (1857-1909), tie yun shen ding jin shi shu hua, and one other collector's seal, illegible
ink and color on paper, handscroll
22.4 by 116.9 cm. 8 7/8 by 46 in.
GLIMPSES OF THE DUANWU FESTIVAL
Inscription on painting by Zhang Xiong (1803-1886), signed Yuanhu houxue Zhang Xiong Zixiang, dated gengchen of the Guangxu reign, winter, the sixth day of the tenth lunar month (November 8, 1880), at the age of seventy-six, with a dedication and one seal, zhang xiong
Colophon by Fang Tinghu (active 19th century), signed Tinghu, dated xinwei (1811) of the Jiaqing reign, winter, with one seal, fang ting hu yin
With one collector's seal of Liu E (1857-1909), tie yun shen ding jin shi shu hua, and one other collector's seal, illegible
ink and color on paper, handscroll
22.4 by 116.9 cm. 8 7/8 by 46 in.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Glimpses Of The Duanwu Festival by Fang Xun was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in September 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 35,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 150,000.00 (€ 133,475.71). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Fang Xun; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Tea Tasting sold at auction in May 2013 with the realized price of HKD 2,670,000.00 (€ 264,779.80).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Glimpses Of The Duanwu Festival von Fang Xun im September 2016 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 35.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 150.000,00 (€ 133.475,71) mehr als viermal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Fang Xun; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Tea Tasting im Mai 2013 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 2.670.000,00 (€ 264.779,80).
Fang Xun - Auction history
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