Sun Kehong
Flowers
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 HKD
Price realised: 3.440.000 HKD
Price realised: 3.440.000 HKD
Description
Sun Kehong 1533-1611
FLOWERS
titleslip by Heshitianxi shuwu
signed Xueju Hong and Sun Kehong, dated jichou (1589), with twenty seals of the artist, and with ten collectors’ seals
ink and color on paper, handscroll
29 by 672.6 cm. 11 3/8 by 264 3/4 in.
FLOWERS
titleslip by Heshitianxi shuwu
signed Xueju Hong and Sun Kehong, dated jichou (1589), with twenty seals of the artist, and with ten collectors’ seals
ink and color on paper, handscroll
29 by 672.6 cm. 11 3/8 by 264 3/4 in.
A top price for Sun Kehong
The work Flowers by Sun Kehong was worth HKD 3,440,000.00 (€ 397,600.36) to a buyer in May 2016. This price was achieved in the auction Fine Classical Chinese Paintings at Sothebys in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 300,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Flowers the most expensive artwork by Sun Kehong that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Sun Kehong
Die Arbeit Flowers von Sun Kehong war einem Käufer im Mai 2016 HKD 3.440.000,00 (€ 397.600,36) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Fine Classical Chinese Paintings bei Sothebys in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 300.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Flowers zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Sun Kehong, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Sun Kehong - Auction history
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