Feng Zikai
Pleasures of Life
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.500.000 HKD
Price realised: 11.500.000 HKD
Price realised: 11.500.000 HKD
Description
Album of twelve leaves, ink and colour on paper/ink on paper
Each leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of seventeen seals of the artist
One collector’s seal of Hu Shifang on the calligraphic leaf
Three leaves dedicated to Shifang
Titleslip inscribed and signed by Zhang Jingshi (1913-2006), with one seal
NOTE :
A native of Jinan like Hu Shifang, Zhang Jingshi (1913-2006) was a renowned collector of books and scholar of the classics.
Each leaf measures 33.8 x 27 cm. (13 ¼ x 10 5/8 in.)
Each leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of seventeen seals of the artist
One collector’s seal of Hu Shifang on the calligraphic leaf
Three leaves dedicated to Shifang
Titleslip inscribed and signed by Zhang Jingshi (1913-2006), with one seal
NOTE :
A native of Jinan like Hu Shifang, Zhang Jingshi (1913-2006) was a renowned collector of books and scholar of the classics.
Each leaf measures 33.8 x 27 cm. (13 ¼ x 10 5/8 in.)
A top price for Feng Zikai
When the work Pleasures of Life by Feng Zikai was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in November 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 2,500,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at HKD 11,500,000.00 (€ 1,238,149.27). This high result makes Pleasures of Life the most expensive artwork by Feng Zikai that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Feng Zikai
Als die Arbeit Pleasures of Life von Feng Zikai im November 2017 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 2.500.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 11.500.000,00 (€ 1.238.149,27) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Pleasures of Life zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Feng Zikai, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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