Ryozo Kato
Sansuikyo
Found at
China Guardian,
Hong Kong
20th Century and Contemporary Chinese Art, Lot 34
6. Oct - 6. Oct 2015
20th Century and Contemporary Chinese Art, Lot 34
6. Oct - 6. Oct 2015
Estimate: 140.000 - 200.000 HKD
Price realised: 188.800 HKD
Price realised: 188.800 HKD
Description
Sumi ink，Japanese pigment on paper mounted on board
91 x 72.6 cm.35 7/8 x 28 5/8 in.
Stamped with artist’s seal on lower left，signed and titled in Japanese，
stamped with artist’s seal on the reverse
Ryozo Kato b.1964
The style，technique and media used in Nihonga（also called mineral-pigment painting or glue-pigment？painting）are influenced by ancient China and Korea some 1，000 years ago. Nihonga is mainly created using natural materials with fine brushes and techniques of applying ink. Exquisite pigments derived from natural minerals or synthetic minerals are used. To produce these pigments，the raw materials are powdered into 16 gradations and a kin
Following the traditional Japanese art style，Ryozo Kato is skilledin creating on Japanese paper using fine stone pigment. Because of his fascination of the Chinese ink landscape painting of the Northern Song Dynasty，he incorporates the essence of this painting tradition with the modern spirit to reinvent the classicthrough traditional ink. His‘Sansuikyo’series are mostly created with delicate ax-cut strokes and hemp-fibre strokes，deline
91 x 72.6 cm.35 7/8 x 28 5/8 in.
Stamped with artist’s seal on lower left，signed and titled in Japanese，
stamped with artist’s seal on the reverse
Ryozo Kato b.1964
The style，technique and media used in Nihonga（also called mineral-pigment painting or glue-pigment？painting）are influenced by ancient China and Korea some 1，000 years ago. Nihonga is mainly created using natural materials with fine brushes and techniques of applying ink. Exquisite pigments derived from natural minerals or synthetic minerals are used. To produce these pigments，the raw materials are powdered into 16 gradations and a kin
Following the traditional Japanese art style，Ryozo Kato is skilledin creating on Japanese paper using fine stone pigment. Because of his fascination of the Chinese ink landscape painting of the Northern Song Dynasty，he incorporates the essence of this painting tradition with the modern spirit to reinvent the classicthrough traditional ink. His‘Sansuikyo’series are mostly created with delicate ax-cut strokes and hemp-fibre strokes，deline
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Sansuikyo by Ryozo Kato was auctioned at China Guardian in Hong Kong in October 2015. It changed hands for a price of HKD 188,800.00 (€ 22,056.87) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of HKD 140,000.00 – 200,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ryozo Kato - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work San Sui Kyo, which sold at auction in November 2015 for HKD 525,000.00 (€ 64,121.38).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Sansuikyo von Ryozo Kato kam im Oktober 2015 bei China Guardian in Hong Kong zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von HKD 188.800,00 (€ 22.056,87) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von HKD 140.000,00 – 200.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Ryozo Kato mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit San Sui Kyo beobachtet, die im November 2015 für HKD 525.000,00 (€ 64.121,38) versteigert wurde.
Ryozo Kato - Auction history
