Que Lan
Flowers
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 985
30. MAY - 30. MAY 2005
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 985
30. MAY - 30. MAY 2005
Estimate: 45.000 - 50.000 HKD
Price realised: 240.000 HKD
Price realised: 240.000 HKD
Description
QUE LAN (1758-1844)
FLOWERS
A set of twelve loose album leaves, ink and colour on silk
Each leaf measures 31.8 x 26.2 cm (12 1/2 x 10 1/3 in.)
Last leaf signed: Que Lan
Dated an autumn's day, guiwei year (1823)
Two seals of the artist: Que Lan, Min?? Shan
Titleslip on box by Li Fengjue (1883-?)
Note:
1. For brief biography of the artist, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp.1493-94
FLOWERS
A set of twelve loose album leaves, ink and colour on silk
Each leaf measures 31.8 x 26.2 cm (12 1/2 x 10 1/3 in.)
Last leaf signed: Que Lan
Dated an autumn's day, guiwei year (1823)
Two seals of the artist: Que Lan, Min?? Shan
Titleslip on box by Li Fengjue (1883-?)
Note:
1. For brief biography of the artist, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp.1493-94
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Flowers by Que Lan 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 50,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at HKD 240,000.00 (€ 24,993.12). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Que Lan; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Maggies And Pine Trees sold at auction in June 2021 with the realized price of HKD 352,500.00 (€ 38,290.64).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Flowers von Que Lan 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 50.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 240.000,00 (€ 24.993,12) mehr als viermal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Que Lan; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Maggies And Pine Trees im Juni 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 352.500,00 (€ 38.290,64).
Que Lan - Auction history
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