Maruyama Okyo

Cranes

Found at Christies, New York
Japanese and Korean Art, Lot 113
18. Sep - 18. Sep 2007
Estimate: 300.000 - 400.000 USD
Price realised: 1.105.000 USD
Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795)
Cranes
Each signed and dated An'ei kinoe-uma moshu (seventh month, 1774) sha Okyo, each sealed Okyo no in
Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color and gold leaf on paper
61 5/8 x 137¼in. (156.5 x 349.6cm.) (2)
- Konoe Family | Duke Konoe Fumimaro (1891-1945), Tokyo | Baron Mitsui Takaharu (1900-1983), Tokyo

A top price for Maruyama Okyo

This artwork by Maruyama Okyo achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in September 2007. In the Japanese and Korean Art auction, the work Cranes sold for USD 1,105,000.00 (€ 777,129.19) - well above the upper estimate of USD 400,000.00. This high result makes Cranes the most expensive artwork by Maruyama Okyo that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Maruyama Okyo

Dieses Kunstwerk von Maruyama Okyo erzielte im September 2007 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Japanese and Korean Art wurde die Arbeit Cranes für USD 1.105.000,00 (€ 777.129,19) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 400.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Cranes zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Maruyama Okyo, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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