Gu Linshi
Farewell at Xu Jiang
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1001
27.Nov - 27.Nov.2017
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1001
27.Nov - 27.Nov.2017
Estimate: 180.000 - 280.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.000.000 HKD
Description
Handscroll, ink on paper
25 x 134.5 cm. (9 7/8 x 53 cm.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated fifth month, xinhai third year of the Xuantong period (1911)
Frontispiece by Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), with two seals
Colophons by Cheng Dequan (1860-1930), Zuo Xiaotong (1857-1924), Feng Zuyin (19th-20th Century), Hong Erzhen (1856-1916) and Yu Biyun (1868-1950), all dedicated to Zhong Peng with a total of nine seals
Inscriptions and seals incised on the cover of the wooden box
25 x 134.5 cm. (9 7/8 x 53 cm.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated fifth month, xinhai third year of the Xuantong period (1911)
Frontispiece by Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), with two seals
Colophons by Cheng Dequan (1860-1930), Zuo Xiaotong (1857-1924), Feng Zuyin (19th-20th Century), Hong Erzhen (1856-1916) and Yu Biyun (1868-1950), all dedicated to Zhong Peng with a total of nine seals
Inscriptions and seals incised on the cover of the wooden box
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Farewell at Xu Jiang by Gu Linshi 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 280,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at HKD 1,000,000.00 (€ 107,665.15). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Gu Linshi; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Landscape sold at auction in October 2013 with the realized price of HKD 1,360,000.00 (€ 129,056.94).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Farewell at Xu Jiang von Gu Linshi 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 280.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 1.000.000,00 (€ 107.665,15) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Gu Linshi; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Landscape im Oktober 2013 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 1.360.000,00 (€ 129.056,94).
Gu Linshi - Auction history
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