Shang Yanying
Calligraphic Couplet
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 HKD
Price realised: 40.000 HKD
Price realised: 40.000 HKD
Description
SHANG YANYING (1869-1960)
Calligraphic Couplet
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated third month, wuxu year (1958)
Dedicated to Zhitao
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 130 x 31.5 cm. (51 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
20th Century (2)
Calligraphic Couplet
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated third month, wuxu year (1958)
Dedicated to Zhitao
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 130 x 31.5 cm. (51 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
20th Century (2)
A top price for Shang Yanying
This artwork by Shang Yanying achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2013. In the Fine Chinese Modern Paintings auction, the work Calligraphic Couplet sold for HKD 40,000.00 (€ 3,966.74) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 18,000.00. This high result makes Calligraphic Couplet the most expensive artwork by Shang Yanying that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Shang Yanying
Dieses Kunstwerk von Shang Yanying erzielte im Mai 2013 bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Fine Chinese Modern Paintings wurde die Arbeit Calligraphic Couplet für HKD 40.000,00 (€ 3.966,74) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 18.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Calligraphic Couplet zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Shang Yanying, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Shang Yanying - Auction history
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