Wang Jianzhang
Ode To The Pipa Player
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 970
30. MAY - 30. MAY 2005
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 970
30. MAY - 30. MAY 2005
Estimate: 100.000 - 120.000 HKD
Price realised: 228.000 HKD
Price realised: 228.000 HKD
Description
WANG JIANZHANG (ACTIVE CIRCA 1628-1644)
ODE TO THE PIPA PLAYER
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
117.5 x 29 cm (46 1/4 x 11 1/3 in.)
Inscribed by the artist and signed: Jianzhang
Two seals of the artist: Wang Jian Zhang Yin, Yan Tian Zhuang [change chinese MS]
Dated ninth month, gengyin year (1650)
Dedicated to Zixuan (Gong Weiliu, 16th-17th century)
Five collectors' seals, including one of Gong Ben'ang (1821-1874), and two of Lian Quan (1868-1932) and his wife Wu Zhiying (1868-1833)
Ode to the Pipa Player written in standard script calligraphy by Wen
ODE TO THE PIPA PLAYER
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
117.5 x 29 cm (46 1/4 x 11 1/3 in.)
Inscribed by the artist and signed: Jianzhang
Two seals of the artist: Wang Jian Zhang Yin, Yan Tian Zhuang [change chinese MS]
Dated ninth month, gengyin year (1650)
Dedicated to Zixuan (Gong Weiliu, 16th-17th century)
Five collectors' seals, including one of Gong Ben'ang (1821-1874), and two of Lian Quan (1868-1932) and his wife Wu Zhiying (1868-1833)
Ode to the Pipa Player written in standard script calligraphy by Wen
Upper estimate price exceeded by 90 %.
This artwork by Wang Jianzhang achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2005. In the FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY auction, the work Ode To The Pipa Player sold for HKD 228,000.00 (€ 23,743.46) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 120,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Wang Jianzhang - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Landscape; Calligraphy In Cursive Script, which sold at auction in September 2012 for USD 86,500.00 (€ 67,283.76).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 90 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Wang Jianzhang erzielte im Mai 2005 bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY wurde die Arbeit Ode To The Pipa Player für HKD 228.000,00 (€ 23.743,46) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 120.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Wang Jianzhang mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Landscape; Calligraphy In Cursive Script beobachtet, die im September 2012 für USD 86.500,00 (€ 67.283,76) versteigert wurde.
Wang Jianzhang - Auction history
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