Fu Zengxiang
Fourteen-character Calligraphic Couplet in Regular Script
Found at
Christies
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center, Lot 1634
15. Nov - 1. Dec 2021
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center, Lot 1634
15. Nov - 1. Dec 2021
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 HKD
Price realised: 68.750 HKD
Price realised: 68.750 HKD
Description
FU ZENGXIANG (1872-1949)
Fourteen-character Calligraphic Couplet in Regular Script
A pair of scrolls, mounted and framed, ink on coloured patterned paper
Each scroll measures 95 x 13.5 cm. (37 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> x 5 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated autumn, xinsi year (1941)
Dedicated to Jiru
Fourteen-character Calligraphic Couplet in Regular Script
A pair of scrolls, mounted and framed, ink on coloured patterned paper
Each scroll measures 95 x 13.5 cm. (37 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> x 5 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated autumn, xinsi year (1941)
Dedicated to Jiru
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Fourteen-character Calligraphic Couplet in Regular Script by Fu Zengxiang was worth HKD 68,750.00 (€ 7,787.37) to a buyer in December 2021. This price was achieved in the auction Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center at Christies and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 18,000.00 many times over. Admittedly, works by Fu Zengxiang have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Calligraphy Couplet In Kaishu in July 2020 with an auction result of HKD 312,500.00 (€ 34,238.58).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Fourteen-character Calligraphic Couplet in Regular Script von Fu Zengxiang war einem Käufer im Dezember 2021 HKD 68.750,00 (€ 7.787,37) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center bei Christies erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 18.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Fu Zengxiang auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Calligraphy Couplet In Kaishu im Juli 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 312.500,00 (€ 34.238,58).
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