Xu Wenjing
Landscape
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
On Wings of Song: Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Collection of Robert van Gulik, Lot 1709
2. Dec - 2. Dec 2020
On Wings of Song: Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Collection of Robert van Gulik, Lot 1709
2. Dec - 2. Dec 2020
Estimate: 6.000 - 10.000 HKD
Price realised: 93.750 HKD
Price realised: 93.750 HKD
Description
Hanging scrolls, ink and colour on paper
86 x 28 cm. (33 7 ⁄ 8 x 11 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated bingxu year (1946)
Dedicated to Dr. Robert van Gulik
Titleslip inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Dr. Zhitai (Robert van Gulik) and Madame Shifang
NOTE: Robert van Gulik Reference no. 557.
86 x 28 cm. (33 7 ⁄ 8 x 11 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated bingxu year (1946)
Dedicated to Dr. Robert van Gulik
Titleslip inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Dr. Zhitai (Robert van Gulik) and Madame Shifang
NOTE: Robert van Gulik Reference no. 557.
Artwork auctioned at nine times the upper estimate price
When the work Landscape by Xu Wenjing was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in December 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 10,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than nine times as high at HKD 93,750.00 (€ 9,888.59). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Xu Wenjing; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Playing Qin in the Mountains sold at auction in December 2020 with the realized price of HKD 100,000.00 (€ 10,547.83).
Kunstwerk zum Neunfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Landscape von Xu Wenjing im Dezember 2020 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 10.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 93.750,00 (€ 9.888,59) mehr als neunmal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Xu Wenjing; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Playing Qin in the Mountains im Dezember 2020 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 100.000,00 (€ 10.547,83).
Xu Wenjing - Auction history
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