Luo Xuan
Landscapes After Ancient Masters
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 360
29. Oct - 29. Oct 2001
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 360
29. Oct - 29. Oct 2001
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
LUO XUAN (1669-AFTER 1753)
LANDSCAPES AFTER ANCIENT MASTERS
A set of eight labum leaves, ink or ink and colour on paper
Each leaf measures 22.5 x 51.5 cm. (8 7/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
Six leaves signed, variously: Luo Xuan, Zui Weng, Shanren Xuan, A Xuan, Meixianzi A Xuan, or Moling Meixian Luo Xuan
Each leaf with one to two seals of the artist, including: Mei Xian Luo Er, A Xuan, Luo Er, Mei Xian
Last leaf dated eighth month, sixth year of the Yongzheng era (1728)
Note:
Luo Xuan was the grandson of Luo Mu (1622-?). His sobriquet names include Meixiang and Chupu. Luo Xuan continued his family's painting tradition, living in Nanjing, and painted until he was over eighty. For brief biographies, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 9181, p.1506; and Liu Jiu'an ed., Song Yuan Ming Qing Shuhuajia Zhuanshi Zuoping Nianbiao, Shanghai Books Publishing, 1997, pp.453, 693)
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LANDSCAPES AFTER ANCIENT MASTERS
A set of eight labum leaves, ink or ink and colour on paper
Each leaf measures 22.5 x 51.5 cm. (8 7/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
Six leaves signed, variously: Luo Xuan, Zui Weng, Shanren Xuan, A Xuan, Meixianzi A Xuan, or Moling Meixian Luo Xuan
Each leaf with one to two seals of the artist, including: Mei Xian Luo Er, A Xuan, Luo Er, Mei Xian
Last leaf dated eighth month, sixth year of the Yongzheng era (1728)
Note:
Luo Xuan was the grandson of Luo Mu (1622-?). His sobriquet names include Meixiang and Chupu. Luo Xuan continued his family's painting tradition, living in Nanjing, and painted until he was over eighty. For brief biographies, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 9181, p.1506; and Liu Jiu'an ed., Song Yuan Ming Qing Shuhuajia Zhuanshi Zuoping Nianbiao, Shanghai Books Publishing, 1997, pp.453, 693)
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A top price for Luo Xuan - as previously expected
In October 2001 Christies in Hong Kong held the auction FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, which included the work Landscapes After Ancient Masters by Luo Xuan. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of HKD 100,000.00 – 150,000.00, the actual price achieved of HKD 105,750.00 (€ 15,075.23) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Landscapes After Ancient Masters is the most expensive artwork by Luo Xuan that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im Oktober 2001 führte Christies in Hong Kong die Auktion FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY durch, in der auch die Arbeit Landscapes After Ancient Masters von Luo Xuan zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von HKD 100.000,00 – 150.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von HKD 105.750,00 (€ 15.075,23) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Landscapes After Ancient Masters das teuerste Kunstwerk von Luo Xuan, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Luo Xuan - Auction history
