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Yamaoka Tesshu
Zen Calligraphy
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 15.275 USD
Price realised: 15.275 USD
Description
Yamaoka Tesshu (1836-1888)
Zen Calligraphy
Four sets of three scrolls, each set signed Tesshu koji hitsu(?) and sealed Yamaoka Testutaro no in and Byobu senseki Rinzaishu Hogaiha honzan Etchushu Kokutaiji no tame gojuyonsei Essozenshi Yamaoka Tesshu koji sho (A thousand screens for Kokutai temple in Etchu province [Toyama prefecture] of the Rinzai sect by the 54th Essozenshi, Yamaoka Tesshu) and another seal; mounted as a pair of six-panel screens
547/8 x 205/8in. (139.4 x 52.4cm.) each painting
Zen Calligraphy
Four sets of three scrolls, each set signed Tesshu koji hitsu(?) and sealed Yamaoka Testutaro no in and Byobu senseki Rinzaishu Hogaiha honzan Etchushu Kokutaiji no tame gojuyonsei Essozenshi Yamaoka Tesshu koji sho (A thousand screens for Kokutai temple in Etchu province [Toyama prefecture] of the Rinzai sect by the 54th Essozenshi, Yamaoka Tesshu) and another seal; mounted as a pair of six-panel screens
547/8 x 205/8in. (139.4 x 52.4cm.) each painting
A top price for Yamaoka Tesshu
The work Zen Calligraphy by Yamaoka Tesshu was auctioned at Christies in New York in March 2001. Here, the upper estimate of USD 15,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 15,275.00 (€ 17,369.80). With this result, Zen Calligraphy is even the most expensive work of art by Yamaoka Tesshu that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Yamaoka Tesshu
Die Arbeit Zen Calligraphy von Yamaoka Tesshu kam im März 2001 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 15.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 15.275,00 (€ 17.369,80) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Zen Calligraphy sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Yamaoka Tesshu, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.