Qian Zai
Plum Blossoms In Ink
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 1077
30. MAY - 30. MAY 2005
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 1077
30. MAY - 30. MAY 2005
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.200.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.200.000 HKD
Description
QIAN ZAI (1708-1793)
PLUM BLOSSOMS IN INK
Handscroll, ink on paper
Inscription on the painting by the artist, signed: [Ze]?shi Zai, with
three seals: Qian Zai, Hu Jun, Ze Shi Zhai
Dated twenty-sixth day, ninth month, guiwei year (1763)
Colophons following the painting by each of:
Qin Huang (18th-19th century, QSBZS p.475), Gu Guangxu (1731-1785,
ZMRC p.1535), Jiang Shiquan, 1725-1785, ZLRD p.2268), Ji Fuheng
(18th-19th century, ZMRC p.615), Dai Wendeng (18th-19th century, ZLRD
PLUM BLOSSOMS IN INK
Handscroll, ink on paper
Inscription on the painting by the artist, signed: [Ze]?shi Zai, with
three seals: Qian Zai, Hu Jun, Ze Shi Zhai
Dated twenty-sixth day, ninth month, guiwei year (1763)
Colophons following the painting by each of:
Qin Huang (18th-19th century, QSBZS p.475), Gu Guangxu (1731-1785,
ZMRC p.1535), Jiang Shiquan, 1725-1785, ZLRD p.2268), Ji Fuheng
(18th-19th century, ZMRC p.615), Dai Wendeng (18th-19th century, ZLRD
A top price for Qian Zai
When the work Plum Blossoms In Ink by Qian Zai was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2005, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 200,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at HKD 1,200,000.00 (€ 124,965.58). This high result makes Plum Blossoms In Ink the most expensive artwork by Qian Zai that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Qian Zai
Als die Arbeit Plum Blossoms In Ink von Qian Zai im Mai 2005 bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 200.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 1.200.000,00 (€ 124.965,58) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Plum Blossoms In Ink zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Qian Zai, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
