Kang Sheng
Letters to Chen Boda and Shuanggou Calligraphy
Found at
Bonhams,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Chinese PaintingsThe Online Sale, Lot 95
10. Dec - 23. Dec 2020
Chinese PaintingsThe Online Sale, Lot 95
10. Dec - 23. Dec 2020
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 HKD
Price realised: 177.500 HKD
Price realised: 177.500 HKD
Description
Kang Sheng (1898-1975)
Letters to Chen Boda and Shuanggou Calligraphy
Ink on paper, three scrolls
Each signed Kang Sheng, and each with one seal of the artist
Painting (1): 57.5 x 27.2cm (22⅝ x 10¾in)
Painting (2): 25.2 x 14.8cm (9⅞ x 5⅞in)
Painting (3): 29.4 x 16cm (11⅝ x 6¼in)
Letters to Chen Boda and Shuanggou Calligraphy
Ink on paper, three scrolls
Each signed Kang Sheng, and each with one seal of the artist
Painting (1): 57.5 x 27.2cm (22⅝ x 10¾in)
Painting (2): 25.2 x 14.8cm (9⅞ x 5⅞in)
Painting (3): 29.4 x 16cm (11⅝ x 6¼in)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Letters to Chen Boda and Shuanggou Calligraphy by Kang Sheng was auctioned at Bonhams in Hong Kong in December 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 50,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at HKD 177,500.00 (€ 18,722.40). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Kang Sheng - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Calligraphy, which sold at auction in April this year for HKD 57,600.00 (€ 58,820.87).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Letters to Chen Boda and Shuanggou Calligraphy von Kang Sheng im Dezember 2020 bei Bonhams in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 50.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 177.500,00 (€ 18.722,40) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Kang Sheng mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Calligraphy beobachtet, die im April diesen Jahres für HKD 57.600,00 (€ 58.820,87) versteigert wurde.
Kang Sheng - Auction history
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