Feng Yuxiang
Calligraphy in Clerical Script
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1651
19.Nov - 26.Nov.2018
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1651
19.Nov - 26.Nov.2018
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 HKD
Price realised: 325.000 HKD
Price realised: 325.000 HKD
Description
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
81 x 33 cm. (31 ⅞ x 13 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated 10 October, thirty-second year (of the Republic, 1943)
Dedicated to Xianghua (General Zhang Fakui)
General Zhang Fakui (1896-1980), born in Guangdong province, was Second Lieutenant General in the Army of the Nationalist Party of China. He was an active participant during the Sino-Japanese war and had a prominent career in the army. He was successively appointed as Group Army Commander in Chief, Army Corp Commander in Chief and Military Region Commander in Chief. After the war, he was appointed a member of the Presidential Strategic Advisory Board. In March 1949, he became the Army Chief, but
81 x 33 cm. (31 ⅞ x 13 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated 10 October, thirty-second year (of the Republic, 1943)
Dedicated to Xianghua (General Zhang Fakui)
General Zhang Fakui (1896-1980), born in Guangdong province, was Second Lieutenant General in the Army of the Nationalist Party of China. He was an active participant during the Sino-Japanese war and had a prominent career in the army. He was successively appointed as Group Army Commander in Chief, Army Corp Commander in Chief and Military Region Commander in Chief. After the war, he was appointed a member of the Presidential Strategic Advisory Board. In March 1949, he became the Army Chief, but
Artwork auctioned at 18 times the upper estimate price
The work Calligraphy in Clerical Script by Feng Yuxiang was worth HKD 325,000.00 (€ 36,681.97) to a buyer in November 2018. This price was achieved in the auction Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online at Christies in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 18,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Feng Yuxiang; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Calligraphy in Clerical Script sold at auction in November 2018 with the realized price of HKD 437,500.00 (€ 49,379.58).
Kunstwerk zum 18-fachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Calligraphy in Clerical Script von Feng Yuxiang war einem Käufer im November 2018 HKD 325.000,00 (€ 36.681,97) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online bei Christies in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 18.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Feng Yuxiang; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Calligraphy in Clerical Script im November 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 437.500,00 (€ 49.379,58).
Feng Yuxiang - Auction history
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