Qi Ying
Calligraphy After The Two Wangs
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 444
25. Apr - 25. Apr 2004
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 444
25. Apr - 25. Apr 2004
Estimate: 80.000 - 100.000 HKD
Price realised: 131.450 HKD
Price realised: 131.450 HKD
Description
QI YING (1790-1858)
CALLIGRAPHY AFTER THE TWO WANGS
A set of four handscrolls, ink on silk
Various sizes
Each scroll with a frontispiece of a painting of Qi Ying, in various poses, with four seals
Each scroll signed: Jie Chun or Jie Weng
Each scroll with two seals of the artist: Xi Jin Zhai, Qi Ying Yong Chun
The start of each scroll with two official guan fang seals
The end of each scroll with inscriptions by Sai Shang'a ( ), Ji Rui ( ), Sun Ruizhen ( ), Du Shoutian ( ), Jia Zhen ( ), Luo Jiyan ( ), Qi Junzao (1793-1866), Chen Fuqie ( )
End of each scroll with a painting of literati accoutrments such as rubbings, ink stones and ink sticks -
CALLIGRAPHY AFTER THE TWO WANGS
A set of four handscrolls, ink on silk
Various sizes
Each scroll with a frontispiece of a painting of Qi Ying, in various poses, with four seals
Each scroll signed: Jie Chun or Jie Weng
Each scroll with two seals of the artist: Xi Jin Zhai, Qi Ying Yong Chun
The start of each scroll with two official guan fang seals
The end of each scroll with inscriptions by Sai Shang'a ( ), Ji Rui ( ), Sun Ruizhen ( ), Du Shoutian ( ), Jia Zhen ( ), Luo Jiyan ( ), Qi Junzao (1793-1866), Chen Fuqie ( )
End of each scroll with a painting of literati accoutrments such as rubbings, ink stones and ink sticks -
Upper estimate price exceeded by 31 %.
The work Calligraphy After The Two Wangs by Qi Ying was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in April 2004. It achieved a price of HKD 131,450.00 (€ 8,532.60), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 31%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Qi Ying - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Calligraphy, which sold at auction in April this year for HKD 28,800.00 (€ 29,410.43).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 31 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Calligraphy After The Two Wangs von Qi Ying kam im April 2004 bei Christies in Hong Kong zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 131.450,00 (€ 8.532,60) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 31%. Für andere Arbeiten von Qi Ying mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Calligraphy beobachtet, die im April diesen Jahres für HKD 28.800,00 (€ 29.410,43) versteigert wurde.
Qi Ying - Auction history
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