He Wuzou - Calligraphy in Cursive Script

He Wuzou

Calligraphy in Cursive Script

Found at Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 131
15. Aug - 29. Aug 2023
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 HKD
Price realised: 214.200 HKD
Description
HE WUZOU (1581-1651) Calligraphy in Cursive Script Handscroll, ink on paper 29.5 x 330 cm. (11 5 ⁄ 8 x 129 7 ⁄ 8 in.) Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist Dated xinsi year (1641)
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Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by He Wuzou achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in August this year. In the Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online auction, the work Calligraphy in Cursive Script sold for HKD 214,200.00 (€ 25,196.51) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 80,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by He Wuzou; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Calligraphy in Cursive Script sold at auction in May last year with the realized price of HKD 302,400.00 (€ 35,901.37).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von He Wuzou erzielte im August diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online wurde die Arbeit Calligraphy in Cursive Script für HKD 214.200,00 (€ 25.196,51) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 80.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von He Wuzou; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Calligraphy in Cursive Script im Mai letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 302.400,00 (€ 35.901,37).

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