Song Guangbao

Assorted Fruits

Found at Sothebys, Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Paintings, Lot 276
30. May - 30. May 2016
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 HKD
Price realised: 437.500 HKD
Song Guangbao
(ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY)
ASSORTED FRUITS
signed SONG GUANGBAO, with a dedication, one seal of the artist, and two collector's seals. Titleslip by Wu Ming. Frontispiece by Yi Da'an. Annotations by Chen Yunzhang and Wu Ming
ink and colour on paper, handscroll
引首 frontispiece: 24 by 84.7 cm 9 5/8 by 33 3/8 in.
畫心 painting: 24.5 by 156.8 cm 9 5/8 by 61 5/8 in.
後跋一 annotation I: 23.7 by 52.3 cm 9 ¼ by 20 5/8 in.
Previously in the collection of the famous Macau collector Wu Ming

A top price for Song Guangbao

The work Assorted Fruits by Song Guangbao was worth HKD 437,500.00 (€ 50,566.91) to a buyer in May 2016. This price was achieved in the auction Fine Chinese Paintings at Sothebys in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 120,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Assorted Fruits the most expensive artwork by Song Guangbao that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Song Guangbao

Die Arbeit Assorted Fruits von Song Guangbao war einem Käufer im Mai 2016 HKD 437.500,00 (€ 50.566,91) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Fine Chinese Paintings bei Sothebys in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 120.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Assorted Fruits zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Song Guangbao, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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