Xiao Lisheng
Sleeping Monk/Amitabha
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 HKD
Price realised: 87.500 HKD
Price realised: 87.500 HKD
Description
A pair of scrolls, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper / ink on paper
Each scroll measures 67.6 x 132 cm. (26 5/8 x 52 in.)
(2)Each scroll entitled, inscribed and signed, with a total of seven seals of the artist
Both scroll dated summer, wuwu year (1978)
Both dedicated to Anyi and Madame Zizhuang
Each scroll measures 67.6 x 132 cm. (26 5/8 x 52 in.)
(2)Each scroll entitled, inscribed and signed, with a total of seven seals of the artist
Both scroll dated summer, wuwu year (1978)
Both dedicated to Anyi and Madame Zizhuang
A top price for Xiao Lisheng
This artwork by Xiao Lisheng achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2018. In the Fine Chinese Modern Paintings auction, the work Sleeping Monk/Amitabha sold for HKD 87,500.00 (€ 9,559.77) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 35,000.00. This high result makes Sleeping Monk/Amitabha the most expensive artwork by Xiao Lisheng that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Xiao Lisheng
Dieses Kunstwerk von Xiao Lisheng erzielte im Mai 2018 bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Fine Chinese Modern Paintings wurde die Arbeit Sleeping Monk/Amitabha für HKD 87.500,00 (€ 9.559,77) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 35.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Sleeping Monk/Amitabha zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Xiao Lisheng, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Xiao Lisheng - Auction history
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