Wu Jingheng
Calligraphy
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
On Wings of Song: Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Collection of Robert van Gulik, Lot 1725
2. Dec - 2. Dec 2020
On Wings of Song: Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Collection of Robert van Gulik, Lot 1725
2. Dec - 2. Dec 2020
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 HKD
Price realised: 175.000 HKD
Price realised: 175.000 HKD
Description
Horizontal scroll, ink on patterned colour paper
33 x 64.8 cm. (13 x 25 1 ⁄ 2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Zhitai (Robert van Gulik)
Dated seventh month, jiashen year (1944)
NOTE: Robert van Gulik Reference no. 424.
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
33 x 64.8 cm. (13 x 25 1 ⁄ 2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Zhitai (Robert van Gulik)
Dated seventh month, jiashen year (1944)
NOTE: Robert van Gulik Reference no. 424.
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
A top price for Wu Jingheng
When the work Calligraphy by Wu Jingheng was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in December 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 15,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 11 times as high at HKD 175,000.00 (€ 18,458.71). This high result makes Calligraphy the most expensive artwork by Wu Jingheng that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Wu Jingheng
Als die Arbeit Calligraphy von Wu Jingheng im Dezember 2020 bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 15.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 175.000,00 (€ 18.458,71) mehr als elfmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Calligraphy zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Wu Jingheng, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Wu Jingheng - Auction history
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