Soga Chokuan

Tethered Birds Of Prey

Found at Christies, New York
Japanese and Korean Art, Lot 7
18.Apr - 18.Apr.2018
Estimate: 100.000 - 200.000 USD
Price realised: 516.500 USD
Sealed Kosen, Taira Chokuan and circular seal Shinyo; calligrapher jar seal and seal Shoteki (Itto Shoteki; 1533-1606)
Twelve paintings mounted as a pair of six-panel screens; ink, light color and ground-shell gesso (gofun) on paper
48 3/8 x 20 5/8 in. (122.8 x 52.3 cm.) each
(6)Twelve Poems transcribed in Chinese “respectfully written by Yataishi [Itto Shoteki]”
Right screen (panels from right to left)
1. “White Hawk” by Liu Yuxi (772-842); 2. ”Painting the Hawk in a Valley” by Huang Tingjian (1045–1105); 3. Untitled poem on hawk hunting a rabbit by He Ning (898–955); 4. Untitled poem on bird with golden eyes; 5. Untitled poem on hawk by Zhang Lei (1054–1114); 6. “Painted Hawk” by Du Fu (712–770)
Left screen
1. Untitled poem by Cui Xuan (Tang dynasty); 2. “Poem on a Caged Hawk” by Liu Zongyuan (773–819); 3. “A Strong Wind Blowing from the West in the Eighth Month” by Li Bai (701–762); 4. Poem on hawks chasing sparrows referring to Zichan (d. 522 BCE), ruler of the state of Zheng; 5. “Releasing a Hawk” by Bai Juyi (772–846); 6. Untitled poem on bird with golden eyes and prey
Matsui Nobuyoshi

A top price for Soga Shōhaku

This artwork by Soga Shōhaku achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in April 2018. In the Japanese and Korean Art auction, the work Tethered Birds Of Prey sold for USD 516,500.00 (€ 427,778.70) - well above the upper estimate of USD 200,000.00. This high result makes Tethered Birds Of Prey the most expensive artwork by Soga Shōhaku that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Soga Shōhaku

Dieses Kunstwerk von Soga Shōhaku erzielte im April 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Japanese and Korean Art wurde die Arbeit Tethered Birds Of Prey für USD 516.500,00 (€ 427.778,70) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 200.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Tethered Birds Of Prey zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Soga Shōhaku, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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