Ma Xulun
A Chinese fan with Calligraphy
Estimate: 8.000 - 10.000 SEK
Price realised: 16.000 SEK
Price realised: 16.000 SEK
Description
A Chinese fan with Calligraphy by Ma Xulun (1884-1970).
One side with elegant challigraphy, the other painted with flowers and lingzhifungus, as well as with calligraphy. Ma Xulun was a politician, lingquist and activist. This fan was given by him to Mr Yiru as a gift. Length folded 33 cm. Length unfolded 52 cm.
Wear.
From the Collection of Sven Lindqvist (1932-2019), a well renowned Swedish author whose 35 books range from travel and reportage to essays, aphorisms, autobiography, and documentary prose. 1960-62 he studied at Peking University and was 1961-62 cultural attaché at the Swedish Embassy. He formed a life-long attachment to Chinese Art and culture, especially calligraphy. | During his studies at Peking University Lindqvist was fascinated by a Tang dynasty painter famous for his murals: Wu Tao-tzu. The legend has it that he - after having just finished a wall-painting, he suddenly clapped his hands and a gate in the painting opened. Wu Tao-tzu entered into his art, the gate closing behind him, and he was never seen again. The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu, by Sven Lindqvist, (Bonniers 1967, in English, Granta 2012), is the story of what happened to the painter in the painting.
One side with elegant challigraphy, the other painted with flowers and lingzhifungus, as well as with calligraphy. Ma Xulun was a politician, lingquist and activist. This fan was given by him to Mr Yiru as a gift. Length folded 33 cm. Length unfolded 52 cm.
Wear.
From the Collection of Sven Lindqvist (1932-2019), a well renowned Swedish author whose 35 books range from travel and reportage to essays, aphorisms, autobiography, and documentary prose. 1960-62 he studied at Peking University and was 1961-62 cultural attaché at the Swedish Embassy. He formed a life-long attachment to Chinese Art and culture, especially calligraphy. | During his studies at Peking University Lindqvist was fascinated by a Tang dynasty painter famous for his murals: Wu Tao-tzu. The legend has it that he - after having just finished a wall-painting, he suddenly clapped his hands and a gate in the painting opened. Wu Tao-tzu entered into his art, the gate closing behind him, and he was never seen again. The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu, by Sven Lindqvist, (Bonniers 1967, in English, Granta 2012), is the story of what happened to the painter in the painting.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 60 %.
In June this year Bukowski in Stockholm held the auction Important Spring Sale, which included the work A Chinese fan with Calligraphy by Ma Xulun. The »bidding war« ended at SEK 16,000.00 (€ 1,358.24), 60% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Ma Xulun achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Poetry Of The Tang Dynasty in April 2016 with an auction result of HKD 177,000.00 (€ 19,941.70).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 60 % übertroffen
Im Juni diesen Jahres führte Bukowski in Stockholm die Auktion Important Spring Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit A Chinese fan with Calligraphy von Ma Xulun zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von SEK 16.000,00 (€ 1.358,24) und damit 60% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Ma Xulun erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Poetry Of The Tang Dynasty im April 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 177.000,00 (€ 19.941,70).
Ma Xulun - Auction history
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