Li Jian
Boating Alone
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1835
28. Nov - 28. Nov 2011
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1835
28. Nov - 28. Nov 2011
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 HKD
Price realised: 400.000 HKD
Price realised: 400.000 HKD
Description
LI JIAN (1748-1799)
Boating Alone
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
95.3 x 43.7 cm. (37 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated eleventh month, jiyou year (1789)
Thress collector's sels of He Yuanyu (19th Century)
Boating Alone
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
95.3 x 43.7 cm. (37 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated eleventh month, jiyou year (1789)
Thress collector's sels of He Yuanyu (19th Century)
A top price for Li Jian
When the work Boating Alone by Li Jian was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in November 2011, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 80,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at HKD 400,000.00 (€ 38,266.56). This high result makes Boating Alone the most expensive artwork by Li Jian that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Li Jian
Als die Arbeit Boating Alone von Li Jian im November 2011 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 80.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 400.000,00 (€ 38.266,56) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Boating Alone zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Li Jian, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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