Wu Shujuan

Wild Orchid

Found at Christies, Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 1842
28. Nov - 28. Nov 2011
Estimate: 80.000 - 100.000 HKD
Price realised: 400.000 HKD
WU SHUJUAN (1853-1931)
Wild Orchid
Handscroll, ink on silk
12 x 136 cm. (4 3/4 x 53 1/2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated jimou year of the Guangxu era (1879)
Frontispieces by Yang Xian (1819-1896) and He Weipu (1844-1925)
Fifteen colophons including those of Lu Hui (1851-1920) and Wu Changshuo (1844-1927)

A top price for Wu Shujuan

When the work Wild Orchid by Wu Shujuan was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in November 2011, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 100,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at HKD 400,000.00 (€ 38,266.56). This high result makes Wild Orchid the most expensive artwork by Wu Shujuan that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Wu Shujuan

Als die Arbeit Wild Orchid von Wu Shujuan im November 2011 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 100.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 400.000,00 (€ 38.266,56) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Wild Orchid zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Wu Shujuan, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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