Wang Chen

Sailing on a River in Spring

Found at Christies, Paris
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 842
1. Jun - 1. Jun 2023
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 HKD
Price realised: 189.000 HKD
WANG CHEN (1720-1797)
Sailing on a River in Spring
Handscroll, ink on paper
36.5 x 116.5 cm. (14 3/8 x 45 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated spring, first month, yimao year (1795)
Dedicated to Guiling
Colophons by Fa Shishan (1753-1813), Zhang Wentao (1764-1814) and Li Yaodong (1753-1821), signed, with a total of seven seals
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Auction result well in line with expectations

In June this year Christies in Paris held the auction Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, which included the work Sailing on a River in Spring by Wang Chen. It changed hands for a price of HKD 189,000.00 (€ 22,084.62) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of HKD 150,000.00 – 200,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Wang Chen achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Rivers Xiao and Xiang in November 2019 with an auction result of HKD 3,725,000.00 (€ 432,031.04).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Im Juni diesen Jahres führte Christies in Paris die Auktion Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy durch, in der auch die Arbeit Sailing on a River in Spring von Wang Chen zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von HKD 189.000,00 (€ 22.084,62) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von HKD 150.000,00 – 200.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Wang Chen erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Rivers Xiao and Xiang im November 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 3.725.000,00 (€ 432.031,04).

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