Yi Lixun
Calligraphy Couplet in Seal Script
Found at
Bonhams,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Chinese Paintings From the Yanqinzhai CollectionThe Online Sale, Lot 649
7. Oct - 21. Oct 2021
Chinese Paintings From the Yanqinzhai CollectionThe Online Sale, Lot 649
7. Oct - 21. Oct 2021
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 HKD
Price realised: 38.250 HKD
Price realised: 38.250 HKD
Description
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Yi Lixun (1856-1942)
Calligraphy Couplet in Seal Script
Ink on paper, pair of hanging scrolls
Signed Junzhai Yi Lixun, with a dedication and three seals of the artist
Dated the twelfth lunar month of gengwu year (1931)
146 x 39cm (57½ x 15⅜in) each (2)
Acquired in Guangzhou Antique Store in 1980s.
Yi Lixun (1856-1942)
Calligraphy Couplet in Seal Script
Ink on paper, pair of hanging scrolls
Signed Junzhai Yi Lixun, with a dedication and three seals of the artist
Dated the twelfth lunar month of gengwu year (1931)
146 x 39cm (57½ x 15⅜in) each (2)
Acquired in Guangzhou Antique Store in 1980s.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
The work Calligraphy Couplet in Seal Script by Yi Lixun was worth HKD 38,250.00 (€ 4,254.78) to a buyer in October 2021. This price was achieved in the auction Chinese Paintings From the Yanqinzhai CollectionThe Online Sale at Bonhams in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 8,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Yi Lixun - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Calligraphy, which sold at auction in October 2018 for HKD 118,000.00 (€ 13,286.97).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Calligraphy Couplet in Seal Script von Yi Lixun war einem Käufer im Oktober 2021 HKD 38.250,00 (€ 4.254,78) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Chinese Paintings From the Yanqinzhai CollectionThe Online Sale bei Bonhams in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 8.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Yi Lixun mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Calligraphy beobachtet, die im Oktober 2018 für HKD 118.000,00 (€ 13.286,97) versteigert wurde.
Yi Lixun - Auction history
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