Wen Zhengming
Landscape in the Style of Wu Zhen and Calligraphy
Found at
Christies,
Paris
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 818
1. Jun - 1. Jun 2023
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 818
1. Jun - 1. Jun 2023
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.200.000 HKD
Price realised: 5.040.000 HKD
Price realised: 5.040.000 HKD
Description
WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
Landscape in the Style of Wu Zhen and Calligraphy
Handscroll, ink on paper
Painting: 30.5 x 281 cm. (12 x 110 5/8 in.)
Calligraphy: 30.5 x 240 cm. (12 x 94 1/2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with a total of three seals of the artist
Calligraphy dated autumn, tenth day, seventh month, yimao year of the Jiajing period (1555)
Colophons by Jiang Xun (1709-1785), Gu Wenbin (1811-1889), He Weipu (1844-1925) and Pei Jingfu (1854-1924), signed, with a total of ten seals
Frontispieces by Pei Jingfu, signed with one seal, and Gong Cheng (1817-1870), signed and dated guihai year (1863)
Eighteen collector’s seals including two of Jin Dejian (1810-1887) and eleven of Pei Jingfu -
Landscape in the Style of Wu Zhen and Calligraphy
Handscroll, ink on paper
Painting: 30.5 x 281 cm. (12 x 110 5/8 in.)
Calligraphy: 30.5 x 240 cm. (12 x 94 1/2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with a total of three seals of the artist
Calligraphy dated autumn, tenth day, seventh month, yimao year of the Jiajing period (1555)
Colophons by Jiang Xun (1709-1785), Gu Wenbin (1811-1889), He Weipu (1844-1925) and Pei Jingfu (1854-1924), signed, with a total of ten seals
Frontispieces by Pei Jingfu, signed with one seal, and Gong Cheng (1817-1870), signed and dated guihai year (1863)
Eighteen collector’s seals including two of Jin Dejian (1810-1887) and eleven of Pei Jingfu -
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Landscape in the Style of Wu Zhen and Calligraphy by Wen Zhengming was auctioned at Christies in Paris in June this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 1,200,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at HKD 5,040,000.00 (€ 588,923.08). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Wen Zhengming achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Poems In Large Running Script in May 2019 with an auction result of HKD 83,227,500.00 (€ 9,525,364.61).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Landscape in the Style of Wu Zhen and Calligraphy von Wen Zhengming im Juni diesen Jahres bei Christies in Paris versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 1.200.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 5.040.000,00 (€ 588.923,08) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Wen Zhengming erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Poems In Large Running Script im Mai 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 83.227.500,00 (€ 9.525.364,61).
Wen Zhengming - Auction history
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