Rong Geng
Calligraphy in Oracle Bone Script
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1642
19.Nov - 26.Nov.2018
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1642
19.Nov - 26.Nov.2018
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 HKD
Price realised: 68.750 HKD
Price realised: 68.750 HKD
Description
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
85 x 45 cm. (33 ½ x 17 ¾ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Zhaofang
85 x 45 cm. (33 ½ x 17 ¾ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Zhaofang
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
The work Calligraphy in Oracle Bone Script by Rong Geng was worth HKD 68,750.00 (€ 7,759.65) to a buyer in November 2018. This price was achieved in the auction Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online at Christies in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 15,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Rong Geng - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Scholar Fishing, which sold at auction in May 2017 for HKD 141,600.00 (€ 16,168.81).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Calligraphy in Oracle Bone Script von Rong Geng war einem Käufer im November 2018 HKD 68.750,00 (€ 7.759,65) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online bei Christies in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 15.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Rong Geng mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Scholar Fishing beobachtet, die im Mai 2017 für HKD 141.600,00 (€ 16.168,81) versteigert wurde.
Rong Geng - Auction history
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