Wu Xiqi
Calligraphy In Running Script
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy Including Property from the Chokaido Museum Collection, Lot 989
27.Mai - 27.Mai.2019
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy Including Property from the Chokaido Museum Collection, Lot 989
27.Mai - 27.Mai.2019
Estimate: 20.000 - 40.000 HKD
Price realised: 52.500 HKD
Price realised: 52.500 HKD
Description
Two hanging scrolls, ink on gold-flecked paper / ink on paper
One scroll measures 116.8 x 30.8 cm. (46 x 12 1/8 in.)
One scroll measures 82 x 28.2 cm. (32 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
(2)Each scroll signed, with a total of four seals of the artist
One scroll measures 116.8 x 30.8 cm. (46 x 12 1/8 in.)
One scroll measures 82 x 28.2 cm. (32 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
(2)Each scroll signed, with a total of four seals of the artist
Upper estimate price exceeded by 31 %.
The work Calligraphy In Running Script by Wu Xiqi was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2019. It achieved a price of HKD 52,500.00 (€ 6,008.61), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 31%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Wu Xiqi - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Letters, And Poems In Running Script, which sold at auction in September 2013 for USD 20,000.00 (€ 14,776.51).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 31 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Calligraphy In Running Script von Wu Xiqi kam im Mai 2019 bei Christies in Hong Kong zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 52.500,00 (€ 6.008,61) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 31%. Für andere Arbeiten von Wu Xiqi mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Letters, And Poems In Running Script beobachtet, die im September 2013 für USD 20.000,00 (€ 14.776,51) versteigert wurde.