Ma Wanli
Flower and Insects
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1634
20.Nov - 27.Nov.2017
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1634
20.Nov - 27.Nov.2017
Estimate: 10.000 - 20.000 HKD
Price realised: 81.250 HKD
Price realised: 81.250 HKD
Description
Album of ten leaves, ink and color on paper
Each leaf measures 11 x 23 cm. (4⅜ x 9 in.)
Each leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of twelve seals
Dated ninth month, yiyou year (1945)
Dedicated to Madam Xue Qin
Please note this lot is the property of a private consignor.
Each leaf measures 11 x 23 cm. (4⅜ x 9 in.)
Each leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of twelve seals
Dated ninth month, yiyou year (1945)
Dedicated to Madam Xue Qin
Please note this lot is the property of a private consignor.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Flower and Insects by Ma Wanli was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in November 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 20,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at HKD 81,250.00 (€ 8,747.79). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ma Wanli - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Flowers And Birds, which sold at auction in April 2018 for HKD 177,000.00 (€ 18,676.33).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Flower and Insects von Ma Wanli im November 2017 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 20.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 81.250,00 (€ 8.747,79) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Ma Wanli mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Flowers And Birds beobachtet, die im April 2018 für HKD 177.000,00 (€ 18.676,33) versteigert wurde.
Ma Wanli - Auction history
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