Ma Quan
Bird And Flowers
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 1054
30. MAY - 30. MAY 2005
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 1054
30. MAY - 30. MAY 2005
Estimate: 35.000 - 40.000 HKD
Price realised: 228.000 HKD
Price realised: 228.000 HKD
Description
MA QUAN (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
BIRD AND FLOWERS
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on silk
81 x 42 cm (31 7/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed by the artist: Jiangxiang Ma Quan
Two seals of the artist: Ma Quan, Jiang Xiang Nu Shi
Six collectors' seals, including:
Two of Wu Yun (1811-1883);
One of Cheng Zhengyi (19th century); and three others
BIRD AND FLOWERS
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on silk
81 x 42 cm (31 7/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed by the artist: Jiangxiang Ma Quan
Two seals of the artist: Ma Quan, Jiang Xiang Nu Shi
Six collectors' seals, including:
Two of Wu Yun (1811-1883);
One of Cheng Zhengyi (19th century); and three others
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
When the work Bird And Flowers by Ma Quan was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2005, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 40,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at HKD 228,000.00 (€ 23,743.46). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ma Quan - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Flower, Bird and Insect, which sold at auction in November 2016 for HKD 475,000.00 (€ 57,881.92).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Bird And Flowers von Ma Quan im Mai 2005 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 40.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 228.000,00 (€ 23.743,46) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Ma Quan mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Flower, Bird and Insect beobachtet, die im November 2016 für HKD 475.000,00 (€ 57.881,92) versteigert wurde.
Ma Quan - Auction history
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