Hua Yan
Birds and Flowers
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 552
28. May - 28. May 2010
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 552
28. May - 28. May 2010
Estimate: 4.000.000 - 6.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 19.140.000 HKD
Price realised: 19.140.000 HKD
Description
HUA YAN (1682-1756)
Birds and Flowers
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
35.5 x 328 cm. (14 x 129 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with six seals of the artist
Dated winter, wuchen year (1748)
Colophons by Pan Zhengwei (1791-1850) with two seals and Yu Shaosong (1882-1949) with four seals
Five collectors' seals
Titleslip by Yu Shaosong
Birds and Flowers
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
35.5 x 328 cm. (14 x 129 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with six seals of the artist
Dated winter, wuchen year (1748)
Colophons by Pan Zhengwei (1791-1850) with two seals and Yu Shaosong (1882-1949) with four seals
Five collectors' seals
Titleslip by Yu Shaosong
A top price for Hua Yan
The work Birds and Flowers by Hua Yan was worth HKD 19,140,000.00 (€ 1,988,430.75) to a buyer in May 2010. This price was achieved in the auction Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy at Christies in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 6,000,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Birds and Flowers the most expensive artwork by Hua Yan that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Hua Yan
Die Arbeit Birds and Flowers von Hua Yan war einem Käufer im Mai 2010 HKD 19.140.000,00 (€ 1.988.430,75) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy bei Christies in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 6.000.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Birds and Flowers zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Hua Yan, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Hua Yan - Auction history
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