Xiao Yuncong
Bamboo, Prunus and Rock
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 2533
31. May - 31. May 2011
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 2533
31. May - 31. May 2011
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 7.220.000 HKD
Price realised: 7.220.000 HKD
Description
XIAO YUNCONG (1596-1673)
Bamboo, Prunus and Rock
Inscribed with a poem at the age of seventy-one, signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated eleventh day, second month, bingwu year (1666)
Three collectors' seals including one of Chen Hongshou (1768-1822), one of Xu Weiren (?-1854) and one of Zhuo Qun (17th-18th century)
Titleslip by Luo Zhenyu (1866-1940), signed with one seal
Handscroll, ink on paper
25.5 x 420 cm. (10 x 165 1/4 in.)
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Bamboo, Prunus and Rock
Inscribed with a poem at the age of seventy-one, signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated eleventh day, second month, bingwu year (1666)
Three collectors' seals including one of Chen Hongshou (1768-1822), one of Xu Weiren (?-1854) and one of Zhuo Qun (17th-18th century)
Titleslip by Luo Zhenyu (1866-1940), signed with one seal
Handscroll, ink on paper
25.5 x 420 cm. (10 x 165 1/4 in.)
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Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Bamboo, Prunus and Rock by Xiao Yuncong was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2011, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 2,000,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at HKD 7,220,000.00 (€ 645,862.55). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Xiao Yuncong; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Endless Mountains sold at auction in July last year with the realized price of HKD 8,640,000.00 (€ 1,078,094.49).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Bamboo, Prunus and Rock von Xiao Yuncong im Mai 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 2.000.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 7.220.000,00 (€ 645.862,55) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Xiao Yuncong; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Endless Mountains im Juli letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 8.640.000,00 (€ 1.078.094,49).
Xiao Yuncong - Auction history
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