Leng Mei
Lofty Scholar admiring Prunus Blossoms
Estimate: 10.000.000 - 15.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 12.475.000 HKD
Price realised: 12.475.000 HKD
Description
Leng Mei
1662 - 1742
Lofty Scholar admiring Prunus Blossoms
ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll
signed Dongming Leng Mei, dated guisi (1713) and with three seals of the artist
Poetry hall by the Emperor Qianlong, dated bingchen (1736) and with three seals of his
with four collector’s seals of the Emperor Qianlong, including Shiqu baoji ('The Precious Collection of the Stone Canal Pavilion') ; with one collector’s seal of the Emperor Jiaqing and two other collectors’ seals at the mounting border
100 x 58 cm. 39⅜ x 22⅞ in.
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Sotheby’s New York, Fine Chinese Paintings, 4 December 1986, lot 93 | -------------------------------------------- | 紐約蘇富比，中國書畫，1986年12月4日，拍品編號93
1662 - 1742
Lofty Scholar admiring Prunus Blossoms
ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll
signed Dongming Leng Mei, dated guisi (1713) and with three seals of the artist
Poetry hall by the Emperor Qianlong, dated bingchen (1736) and with three seals of his
with four collector’s seals of the Emperor Qianlong, including Shiqu baoji ('The Precious Collection of the Stone Canal Pavilion') ; with one collector’s seal of the Emperor Jiaqing and two other collectors’ seals at the mounting border
100 x 58 cm. 39⅜ x 22⅞ in.
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Sotheby’s New York, Fine Chinese Paintings, 4 December 1986, lot 93 | -------------------------------------------- | 紐約蘇富比，中國書畫，1986年12月4日，拍品編號93
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Lofty Scholar admiring Prunus Blossoms by Leng Mei was auctioned at Sothebys in Hong Kong in April last year. The price achieved of HKD 12,475,000.00 (€ 1,508,318.31) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as HKD 10,000,000.00 – 15,000,000.00. Other works by Leng Mei have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in May 2010 the work The Young Hercules was auctioned for HKD 16,900,000.00 (€ 1,755,719.95).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Lofty Scholar admiring Prunus Blossoms von Leng Mei kam im April letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in Hong Kong zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von HKD 12.475.000,00 (€ 1.508.318,31) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit HKD 10.000.000,00 – 15.000.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Leng Mei konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Mai 2010 die Arbeit The Young Hercules für HKD 16.900.000,00 (€ 1.755.719,95) versteigert.
Leng Mei - Auction history
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