Song Xiang
Calligraphy Couplet In Running Script
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy, Lot 517
19. Mar - 19. Mar 2015
Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy, Lot 517
19. Mar - 19. Mar 2015
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
Description
Song Xiang 1756-1826
CALLIGRAPHY COUPLET IN RUNNING SCRIPT
signed Song Xiang, with a dedication and one seal of the artist, song xiang zhi yin
ink on paper, pair of hanging scrolls
each 134.8 by 34.5 cm. 53 by 13 1/2 in. (2)
Guangzhou Provincial Antiquity Store.
CALLIGRAPHY COUPLET IN RUNNING SCRIPT
signed Song Xiang, with a dedication and one seal of the artist, song xiang zhi yin
ink on paper, pair of hanging scrolls
each 134.8 by 34.5 cm. 53 by 13 1/2 in. (2)
Guangzhou Provincial Antiquity Store.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 63 %.
The work Calligraphy Couplet In Running Script by Song Xiang was sold in the Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy auction at Sothebys in New York in March 2015. The »bidding war« ended at USD 8,125.00 (€ 7,564.47), 63% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Song Xiang - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Calligraphy Couplet in Running Cursive Script, which sold at auction in May 2007 for HKD 204,000.00 (€ 19,424.96).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 63 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Calligraphy Couplet In Running Script von Song Xiang wurde im März 2015 in der Auktion Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 8.125,00 (€ 7.564,47) und damit 63% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Song Xiang mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Calligraphy Couplet in Running Cursive Script beobachtet, die im Mai 2007 für HKD 204.000,00 (€ 19.424,96) versteigert wurde.
Song Xiang - Auction history
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