Qi Baishi
Willows At The Riverside; Begonias
Estimate: 15.000.000 - 20.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 70.100.000 HKD
Price realised: 70.100.000 HKD
Description
Qi Baishi (1864-1957)
WILLOWS AT THE RIVERSIDE; BEGONIAS
signed QI BAISHI, dated ren xu, 1922, autumn, the eighth lunar month, and inscribed. Later inscribed again, and signed BAISHI WENG. The other, signed BAISHI, and inscribed. Later inscribed again, signed SANBAISHIYIN FUWENG, and with a total of four seals of the artist. Annotation by Yuzo Sugimura on the handscroll, signed RENQIU XUEREN, dated March 1975, and with two seals of his. Titleslip of the handscroll by Sugimura himself, and with one seal
ink on gold screen; ink and colour on gold screen, pair of screens
each 147.8 BY 132.5 CM. 58 1/8 BY 52 1/8 IN. (2)
Previously in the collection of the Imperial Japanese Army lieutenant general Mantaro Watanabe | Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings, October 1991, Lot 65
WILLOWS AT THE RIVERSIDE; BEGONIAS
signed QI BAISHI, dated ren xu, 1922, autumn, the eighth lunar month, and inscribed. Later inscribed again, and signed BAISHI WENG. The other, signed BAISHI, and inscribed. Later inscribed again, signed SANBAISHIYIN FUWENG, and with a total of four seals of the artist. Annotation by Yuzo Sugimura on the handscroll, signed RENQIU XUEREN, dated March 1975, and with two seals of his. Titleslip of the handscroll by Sugimura himself, and with one seal
ink on gold screen; ink and colour on gold screen, pair of screens
each 147.8 BY 132.5 CM. 58 1/8 BY 52 1/8 IN. (2)
Previously in the collection of the Imperial Japanese Army lieutenant general Mantaro Watanabe | Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings, October 1991, Lot 65
A top price for Qi Baishi
When the work Willows At The Riverside; Begonias by Qi Baishi was auctioned at Sothebys in Hong Kong in April 2012, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 20,000,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at HKD 70,100,000.00 (€ 6,830,365.11). This high result makes Willows At The Riverside; Begonias the most expensive artwork by Qi Baishi that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Qi Baishi
Als die Arbeit Willows At The Riverside; Begonias von Qi Baishi im April 2012 bei Sothebys in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 20.000.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 70.100.000,00 (€ 6.830.365,11) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Willows At The Riverside; Begonias zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Qi Baishi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Qi Baishi - Auction history
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