Fang Xun
Tea Tasting
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 745
27. May - 27. May 2013
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 745
27. May - 27. May 2013
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.670.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.670.000 HKD
Description
FANG XUN (1736-1799)
Tea Tasting
Handscroll
ink on paper
32.7 x139.5 cm. (12 3/4 x 54 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated sixteenth day, sixth month, guisi year of the Qianlong era (1773) One collector's seal of Chen Kuilin (1855-1928)
Frontispiece by Wang Yaobo, with one seal
Two collectors' seals including one of Chen Kuilin
Twenty-five colophons, with a total of fifty-nine seals -
Tea Tasting
Handscroll
ink on paper
32.7 x139.5 cm. (12 3/4 x 54 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated sixteenth day, sixth month, guisi year of the Qianlong era (1773) One collector's seal of Chen Kuilin (1855-1928)
Frontispiece by Wang Yaobo, with one seal
Two collectors' seals including one of Chen Kuilin
Twenty-five colophons, with a total of fifty-nine seals -
A top price for Fang Xun
When the work Tea Tasting by Fang Xun was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2013, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 150,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 17 times as high at HKD 2,670,000.00 (€ 264,779.80). This high result makes Tea Tasting the most expensive artwork by Fang Xun that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Fang Xun
Als die Arbeit Tea Tasting von Fang Xun im Mai 2013 bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 150.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 2.670.000,00 (€ 264.779,80) mehr als 17-mal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Tea Tasting zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Fang Xun, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Fang Xun - Auction history
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