Weng Tonghe
Landscape And Trees After Wu Li, 1877
Found at
Bonhams,
New York
The Reverend Richard Fabian Collection of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy III, Lot 17
20. Sep - 20. Sep 2021
The Reverend Richard Fabian Collection of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy III, Lot 17
20. Sep - 20. Sep 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Weng Tonghe (1830-1904)
Landscape and Trees after Wu Li, 1877
Horizontal handscroll, ink and color on paper, the artist transcribing the original Wu Li inscriptions, followed by his own inscription dated dingchou, and signed Weng Tonghe, with two seals Tonghe siyin and Weng, mounted with a colophon by Lu Shufan (1868-1926) dated yimao (1915).
12 5/8 x 54in (32 x 137cm), the painting only, exclusive of the colophons
Landscape and Trees after Wu Li, 1877
Horizontal handscroll, ink and color on paper, the artist transcribing the original Wu Li inscriptions, followed by his own inscription dated dingchou, and signed Weng Tonghe, with two seals Tonghe siyin and Weng, mounted with a colophon by Lu Shufan (1868-1926) dated yimao (1915).
12 5/8 x 54in (32 x 137cm), the painting only, exclusive of the colophons
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work Landscape And Trees After Wu Li, 1877 by Weng Tonghe was worth USD 61,562.50 (€ 53,176.56) to a buyer in September 2021. This price was achieved in the auction The Reverend Richard Fabian Collection of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy III at Bonhams in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 12,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Weng Tonghe; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script sold at auction in November 2017 with the realized price of HKD 750,000.00 (€ 80,748.87).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Landscape And Trees After Wu Li, 1877 von Weng Tonghe war einem Käufer im September 2021 USD 61.562,50 (€ 53.176,56) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Reverend Richard Fabian Collection of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy III bei Bonhams in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 12.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Weng Tonghe; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script im November 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 750.000,00 (€ 80.748,87).
Weng Tonghe - Auction history
