Yao Yuanzhi
Flowers and Cat
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 909
26. May - 26. May 2014
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 909
26. May - 26. May 2014
Estimate: 10.000 - 20.000 HKD
Price realised: 100.000 HKD
Price realised: 100.000 HKD
Description
YAO YUANZHI (1773-1852)
Flowers and Cat
Hanging scroll
ink and colour on paper
94.2 x 42 cm. (37 1/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated autumn, wuxu year (1838)
One collector's seal
- PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF DR K S LO | Lot 93, 17 June 1980, Chinese Painting
Flowers and Cat
Hanging scroll
ink and colour on paper
94.2 x 42 cm. (37 1/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated autumn, wuxu year (1838)
One collector's seal
- PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF DR K S LO | Lot 93, 17 June 1980, Chinese Painting
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
When the work Flowers and Cat by Yao Yuanzhi was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2014, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 20,000 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at HKD 100,000 (€ 9,457). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Yao Yuanzhi - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work , which sold at auction in April 2011 for HKD 225,000 (€ 19,553).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Flowers and Cat von Yao Yuanzhi im Mai 2014 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 20.000 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 100.000 (€ 9.457) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Yao Yuanzhi mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit beobachtet, die im April 2011 für HKD 225.000 (€ 19.553) versteigert wurde.
Yao Yuanzhi - Auction history
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