Wang Mengbai
DEUX EVENTAILS, ENCRE OU ENCRE ET COULEUR SUR PAPIER
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 EUR
Price realised: 8.125 EUR
Price realised: 8.125 EUR
Description
Two folding fans, ink or ink and colour on paper.
Wang Mengbai: inscribed signed with one seal: Wang Yun, further inscription by Hu Peiheng (1892-1965) with one seal: Pei Heng, dated summer of guiyou year (1933). The reverse is inscribed and signed by Zhang Boying (1871-1949) with one seal: Zhang Shaopu. The guard stick is incised by Wang Shensheng (1896-1972).
Mu Lingfei: inscribed and signed with a seal: Ling Fei, dated autumn of wuzi year (1948). The reverse is inscribed and signed by Liu Junqi with one seal: Song An; small damages to the ivory sticks.
12 ¼ in. et 10 5/8 in. (31 cm. and 27 cm.) long
Property of a private collector, United Kingdom.
Wang Mengbai: inscribed signed with one seal: Wang Yun, further inscription by Hu Peiheng (1892-1965) with one seal: Pei Heng, dated summer of guiyou year (1933). The reverse is inscribed and signed by Zhang Boying (1871-1949) with one seal: Zhang Shaopu. The guard stick is incised by Wang Shensheng (1896-1972).
Mu Lingfei: inscribed and signed with a seal: Ling Fei, dated autumn of wuzi year (1948). The reverse is inscribed and signed by Liu Junqi with one seal: Song An; small damages to the ivory sticks.
12 ¼ in. et 10 5/8 in. (31 cm. and 27 cm.) long
Property of a private collector, United Kingdom.
A top price for Wang Mengbai
This artwork by Wang Mengbai achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Paris in June 2015. In the Art d'Asie auction, the work DEUX EVENTAILS, ENCRE OU ENCRE ET COULEUR SUR PAPIER sold for EUR 8,125.00 - well above the upper estimate of EUR 3,000.00. This high result makes DEUX EVENTAILS, ENCRE OU ENCRE ET COULEUR SUR PAPIER the most expensive artwork by Wang Mengbai that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Wang Mengbai
Dieses Kunstwerk von Wang Mengbai erzielte im Juni 2015 bei Christies in Paris einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Art d'Asie wurde die Arbeit DEUX EVENTAILS, ENCRE OU ENCRE ET COULEUR SUR PAPIER für EUR 8.125,00 versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 3.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht DEUX EVENTAILS, ENCRE OU ENCRE ET COULEUR SUR PAPIER zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Wang Mengbai, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Wang Mengbai - Auction history
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