Weng Tonghe
Landscape
Found at
Christies
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center, Lot 1709
15. Nov - 1. Dec 2021
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center, Lot 1709
15. Nov - 1. Dec 2021
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 HKD
Price realised: 275.000 HKD
Price realised: 275.000 HKD
Description
WENG TONGHE (1830-1904)
Landscape
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
88.5 x 33 cm. (34 <sup>7</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> x 13 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Four collectors' seals, including two of Deng Cangwu (1900-1990)
Titleslip inscribed and signed, with two seals
NOTE: Deng Cangwu (1900-1990) was a famous Macanese art collector. He was the owner of the Yong Da Silk Company and later opened the Yong Da Antique Shop to collect modern Chinese paintings and antiques.
Landscape
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
88.5 x 33 cm. (34 <sup>7</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> x 13 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Four collectors' seals, including two of Deng Cangwu (1900-1990)
Titleslip inscribed and signed, with two seals
NOTE: Deng Cangwu (1900-1990) was a famous Macanese art collector. He was the owner of the Yong Da Silk Company and later opened the Yong Da Antique Shop to collect modern Chinese paintings and antiques.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Landscape by Weng Tonghe was auctioned at Christies in December 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 60,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at HKD 275,000.00 (€ 31,149.50). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Weng Tonghe - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script, which sold at auction in November 2017 for HKD 750,000.00 (€ 80,748.87).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Landscape von Weng Tonghe im Dezember 2021 bei Christies versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 60.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 275.000,00 (€ 31.149,50) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Weng Tonghe mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script beobachtet, die im November 2017 für HKD 750.000,00 (€ 80.748,87) versteigert wurde.
Weng Tonghe - Auction history
Other artists in this auction
