Shang Xiaoyun
Boating in Autumn Night
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings, Lot 1186
29. May - 29. May 2022
Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings, Lot 1186
29. May - 29. May 2022
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 HKD
Price realised: 630.000 HKD
Price realised: 630.000 HKD
Description
SHANG XIAOYUN (1900-1976)
Boating in Autumn Night
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
68.5 x 28.5 cm. (27 x 11 1⁄4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Frontispiece inscribed and signed by Mei Lanfang (1894-1961) and Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), with a total of three seals of the artists
One dated autumn, the seventh month, guiwei year (1943)
Boating in Autumn Night
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
68.5 x 28.5 cm. (27 x 11 1⁄4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Frontispiece inscribed and signed by Mei Lanfang (1894-1961) and Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), with a total of three seals of the artists
One dated autumn, the seventh month, guiwei year (1943)
A top price for Shang Xiaoyun
The work Boating in Autumn Night by Shang Xiaoyun was worth HKD 630,000.00 (€ 74,794.52) to a buyer in May last year. This price was achieved in the auction Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings at Christies in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 120,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Boating in Autumn Night the most expensive artwork by Shang Xiaoyun that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Shang Xiaoyun
Die Arbeit Boating in Autumn Night von Shang Xiaoyun war einem Käufer im Mai letzten Jahres HKD 630.000,00 (€ 74.794,52) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings bei Christies in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 120.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Boating in Autumn Night zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Shang Xiaoyun, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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