Lin Zexu
Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1727
23. Nov - 7. Dec 2022
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1727
23. Nov - 7. Dec 2022
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 HKD
Price realised: 352.800 HKD
Price realised: 352.800 HKD
Description
LIN ZEXU (1785-1850) Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper Each scroll measures 168 x 27.7 cm. (66 1 ⁄ 8 x 10 7 ⁄ 8 in.) Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist Dedicated to Tiaofu One collector’s seal and one illegible collector’s seal
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script by Lin Zexu was worth HKD 352,800.00 (€ 42,277.96) to a buyer in December last year. This price was achieved in the auction Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online at Christies in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 70,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Lin Zexu - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Calligraphy In Regular Script, which sold at auction in June 2021 for HKD 1,252,500.00 (€ 136,053.98).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script von Lin Zexu war einem Käufer im Dezember letzten Jahres HKD 352.800,00 (€ 42.277,96) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online bei Christies in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 70.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Lin Zexu mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Calligraphy In Regular Script beobachtet, die im Juni 2021 für HKD 1.252.500,00 (€ 136.053,98) versteigert wurde.
Lin Zexu - Auction history
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