Wang Chen

Rivers Xiao and Xiang

Found at Christies, Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 937
25.Nov - 25.Nov.2019
Estimate: 220.000 - 350.000 HKD
Price realised: 3.725.000 HKD
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
51.5 x 355 cm. (20 ¼ x 139 ¾ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated spring, second month, guichou year (1793)
Colophons by Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802), Yao Nai (1731-1815) and Sun Xingyan (1753-1818), with a total of eight seals
Frontispiece by Sun Xingyan, dated jiwei year of the Jiaqing period (1799), with four seals
Two collector’s seals, including one of Jiang Gusun (1902-1973)

A top price for Wang Chen

When the work Rivers Xiao and Xiang by Wang Chen was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in November 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 350,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than ten times as high at HKD 3,725,000.00 (€ 432,031.04). This high result makes Rivers Xiao and Xiang the most expensive artwork by Wang Chen that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Wang Chen

Als die Arbeit Rivers Xiao and Xiang von Wang Chen im November 2019 bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 350.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 3.725.000,00 (€ 432.031,04) mehr als zehnmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Rivers Xiao and Xiang zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Wang Chen, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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