Watanabe Kazan
Portrait of Liu Bei (Ryubi Gentoku)
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
Description
Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841)
Portrait of Liu Bei (Ryubi Gentoku)
Signed Kazan and sealed Noboru
Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
36 x 12in. (91.5 x 30.5cm.)
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Portrait of Liu Bei (Ryubi Gentoku)
Signed Kazan and sealed Noboru
Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
36 x 12in. (91.5 x 30.5cm.)
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Auction result well in line with expectations
In March 2008 Christies in New York held the auction Japanese And Korean Art, which included the work Portrait of Liu Bei (Ryubi Gentoku) by Watanabe Kazan. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 12,000.00 – 18,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 12,500.00 (€ 7,908.89) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Watanabe Kazan - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Autumn grasses, which sold at auction in March 2003 for USD 19,120.00 (€ 17,541.28).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im März 2008 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Japanese And Korean Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Portrait of Liu Bei (Ryubi Gentoku) von Watanabe Kazan zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 12.000,00 – 18.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 12.500,00 (€ 7.908,89) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von Watanabe Kazan mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Autumn grasses beobachtet, die im März 2003 für USD 19.120,00 (€ 17.541,28) versteigert wurde.
Watanabe Kazan - Auction history
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