Gu Fuzhen
Landscapes and Figures
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1126
01.Jun - 01.Jun.2015
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1126
01.Jun - 01.Jun.2015
Estimate: 500.000 - 1.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 6.040.000 HKD
Price realised: 6.040.000 HKD
Description
Album of seven leaves
ink and colour on silk
Each leaf measures 34 x 27.5 cm. (13 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Each leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of twenty seals on all leaves
One leaf dated third month, xinyou year (1681)
ink and colour on silk
Each leaf measures 34 x 27.5 cm. (13 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Each leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of twenty seals on all leaves
One leaf dated third month, xinyou year (1681)
A top price for Gu Fuzhen
When the work Landscapes and Figures by Gu Fuzhen was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in June 2015, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 1,000,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at HKD 6,040,000.00 (€ 698,547.61). This high result makes Landscapes and Figures the most expensive artwork by Gu Fuzhen that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Gu Fuzhen
Als die Arbeit Landscapes and Figures von Gu Fuzhen im Juni 2015 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 1.000.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 6.040.000,00 (€ 698.547,61) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Landscapes and Figures zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Gu Fuzhen, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Gu Fuzhen - Auction history
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