Xu Wei
Flowers And Poem In Running Script Calligraphy
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 522
30. Oct - 30. Oct 2000
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 522
30. Oct - 30. Oct 2000
Estimate: 500.000 - 600.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.245.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.245.000 HKD
Description
XU WEI (1521-1593)
FLOWERS AND POEM IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink on paper
30 x 519 cm. (11 3/4 x 201 1/4 in.)
Frontispiece by the artist and signed: Tian Chi Xu Wei
Four seals of the artist on the painting: Wen Chang, Tian Chi Shan Ren, Qing Teng Dao Shi, Tian Chi Di Bi
Poem in running script calligraphy following the painting and signed: Jin Lei Dao Ren, with three seals of the artist: Qing Teng dao Shi, Xiao Xiang Zhai, Tian Chi Di Bi
Colophon by Zhu Dashou (1523-1573), with three seals
Thirteen collectors' seals, including:
Meng Quan Wai Shi (twice) (Xi Gang, 1746-1803); Wang Li Zhi Jian Shu Zhen Cang Yin Xin (twice); Lu Shi Jiang Shang (twice); Lu Shi Bao Jian (twice); Mao Qi Ling Yin (twice) (Mao Qiling, 1622-1716); Qi Shi Zhai Jian ; Shao Bai; and one illegible seal
FLOWERS AND POEM IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink on paper
30 x 519 cm. (11 3/4 x 201 1/4 in.)
Frontispiece by the artist and signed: Tian Chi Xu Wei
Four seals of the artist on the painting: Wen Chang, Tian Chi Shan Ren, Qing Teng Dao Shi, Tian Chi Di Bi
Poem in running script calligraphy following the painting and signed: Jin Lei Dao Ren, with three seals of the artist: Qing Teng dao Shi, Xiao Xiang Zhai, Tian Chi Di Bi
Colophon by Zhu Dashou (1523-1573), with three seals
Thirteen collectors' seals, including:
Meng Quan Wai Shi (twice) (Xi Gang, 1746-1803); Wang Li Zhi Jian Shu Zhen Cang Yin Xin (twice); Lu Shi Jiang Shang (twice); Lu Shi Bao Jian (twice); Mao Qi Ling Yin (twice) (Mao Qiling, 1622-1716); Qi Shi Zhai Jian ; Shao Bai; and one illegible seal
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Flowers And Poem In Running Script Calligraphy by Xu Wei was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in October 2000, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 600,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at HKD 2,245,000.00 (€ 339,157.44). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Xu Wei; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Various Objects sold at auction in October 2021 with the realized price of HKD 3,276,000.00 (€ 364,409.63).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Flowers And Poem In Running Script Calligraphy von Xu Wei im Oktober 2000 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 600.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 2.245.000,00 (€ 339.157,44) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Xu Wei; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Various Objects im Oktober 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 3.276.000,00 (€ 364.409,63).
Xu Wei - Auction history
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