Ren Yu
Flowers
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1103
25. Nov - 25. Nov 2013
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1103
25. Nov - 25. Nov 2013
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.800.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.800.000 HKD
Description
REN YU (1853-1901)
Flowers
Hanging scroll
ink rubbings, ink and colour on paper
118.5 x 39.5 cm. (46 5/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated third month, wuxu year (1898)
A poem inscribed by Pu Ru (1896-1963), with one seal
Eight colophons by the artist's contemporaries, with a total of sixteen seals
Titleslips by Yan Taisun and Dingsheng on the mounting, with two seals Calligraphy by Zhou Zhaoxiang, with one seal
Flowers
Hanging scroll
ink rubbings, ink and colour on paper
118.5 x 39.5 cm. (46 5/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated third month, wuxu year (1898)
A poem inscribed by Pu Ru (1896-1963), with one seal
Eight colophons by the artist's contemporaries, with a total of sixteen seals
Titleslips by Yan Taisun and Dingsheng on the mounting, with two seals Calligraphy by Zhou Zhaoxiang, with one seal
A top price for Ren Yu
When the work Flowers by Ren Yu was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in November 2013, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 70,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 40 times as high at HKD 2,800,000.00 (€ 265,471.12). This high result makes Flowers the most expensive artwork by Ren Yu that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ren Yu
Als die Arbeit Flowers von Ren Yu im November 2013 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 70.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 2.800.000,00 (€ 265.471,12) mehr als 40-mal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Flowers zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ren Yu, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ren Yu - Auction history
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