Xu You
Poems in Cursive Script
Found at
Christies,
Paris
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 878
1. Jun - 1. Jun 2023
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 878
1. Jun - 1. Jun 2023
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 HKD
Price realised: 6.804.000 HKD
Price realised: 6.804.000 HKD
Description
XU YOU (1620-1663)
Poems in Cursive Script
Album of twenty-one leaves, ink on silk
Each leaf measures 21.3 x 13.7cm. (8 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dedicated to Master Min
Colophon by Liang Zhangju (1775-1840), with one seal
Three collector’s seals including two of Yi Bingshou (1754-1815)
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Poems in Cursive Script
Album of twenty-one leaves, ink on silk
Each leaf measures 21.3 x 13.7cm. (8 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dedicated to Master Min
Colophon by Liang Zhangju (1775-1840), with one seal
Three collector’s seals including two of Yi Bingshou (1754-1815)
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A top price for Xu You
When the work Poems in Cursive Script by Xu You was auctioned at Christies in Paris in June this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 1,500,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at HKD 6,804,000.00 (€ 795,046.15). This high result makes Poems in Cursive Script the most expensive artwork by Xu You that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Xu You
Als die Arbeit Poems in Cursive Script von Xu You im Juni diesen Jahres bei Christies in Paris versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 1.500.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 6.804.000,00 (€ 795.046,15) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Poems in Cursive Script zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Xu You, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
