Mo Youzhi
Calligraphy in Seal Script
Found at
Christies
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center, Lot 1706
15. Nov - 1. Dec 2021
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center, Lot 1706
15. Nov - 1. Dec 2021
Estimate: 10.000 - 20.000 HKD
Price realised: 93.750 HKD
Price realised: 93.750 HKD
Description
MO YOUZHI (1811-1871)
Calligraphy in Seal Script
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink on paper
52 x 195 cm. (20 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> x 76 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer, jiazi year (1864)
Calligraphy in Seal Script
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink on paper
52 x 195 cm. (20 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> x 76 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer, jiazi year (1864)
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Calligraphy in Seal Script by Mo Youzhi was auctioned at Christies in December 2021, 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 93,750.00 (€ 10,619.15). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Mo Youzhi achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Hexagram Of Modesty In Seal Script Calligraphy in October 2014 with an auction result of HKD 1,416,000.00 (€ 145,781.32).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Calligraphy in Seal Script von Mo Youzhi im Dezember 2021 bei Christies 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 93.750,00 (€ 10.619,15) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Mo Youzhi erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Hexagram Of Modesty In Seal Script Calligraphy im Oktober 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 1.416.000,00 (€ 145.781,32).
Mo Youzhi - Auction history
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