Wang Hui

Endless Streams and Mountains

Found at Christies, Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 823
08.Jul - 08.Jul.2020
Estimate: 3.000.000 - 5.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 28.925.000 HKD
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
53.2 x 1220.5 cm. (21 x 480 ½ in.)
With three seals of the artist
Inscribed by Yang Jin (1644-1728), signed with three seals
Colophons by Lu Yi (1654-1726) and Weng Tonghe (1830-1904), with a total of five seals
Twenty-six collector’s seals, including one of Lu Shihua (1714-1779), three of Lu Yuanwu (18th Century), sixteen of Zhang Dayong (1770-1838), one of Weng Tongjue (1814-1877), two of Weng Kuisun (1856-?) and two of Weng Shouqi (19th-20th Century)
Titleslip by Lu Shihua, with three seals

A top price for Wang Hui

The work Endless Streams and Mountains by Wang Hui was worth HKD 28,925,000.00 (€ 3,169,122.64) to a buyer in July 2020. This price was achieved in the auction Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy at Christies in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 5,000,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Endless Streams and Mountains the most expensive artwork by Wang Hui that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Wang Hui

Die Arbeit Endless Streams and Mountains von Wang Hui war einem Käufer im Juli 2020 HKD 28.925.000,00 (€ 3.169.122,64) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy bei Christies in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 5.000.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Endless Streams and Mountains zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Wang Hui, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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