Yong Xing
Calligraphy After The Chunhua Ge Tie
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 1243
28. NOV - 28. NOV 2005
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 1243
28. NOV - 28. NOV 2005
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.584.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.584.000 HKD
Description
YONG XING (1752-1823)
Calligraphy after the Chunhua ge tie
A set of ten albums totalling 207 double leaves, ink on paper
Each leaf measures 24 x 31.7 cm (9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
Last leaf in album ten inscribed and signed by the artist: Cheng Qingwang
One seal of the artist: Yi Jin Zhai Yin
Dated seventh month of the wuyin year (1818) to seventh month of the jimao year (1819)
Each album with nine collectors' seals, including four of Yi Qin (1832-1898) and one of Pu Wei (1880-1937)
Colophons by Pu Wei in the first, sixth, seventh, and tenth albums
Colophons at the end of the tenth album by each of Zheng Xiaoxu (1860-1938), Luo Zhenyu (1865-1940), Chen Zengshou (1878-1949), Shang Yanying (1869-?). Quan Qi (19th-20th century), and Yuan Jinkai (1890-1947)
Calligraphy after the Chunhua ge tie
A set of ten albums totalling 207 double leaves, ink on paper
Each leaf measures 24 x 31.7 cm (9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
Last leaf in album ten inscribed and signed by the artist: Cheng Qingwang
One seal of the artist: Yi Jin Zhai Yin
Dated seventh month of the wuyin year (1818) to seventh month of the jimao year (1819)
Each album with nine collectors' seals, including four of Yi Qin (1832-1898) and one of Pu Wei (1880-1937)
Colophons by Pu Wei in the first, sixth, seventh, and tenth albums
Colophons at the end of the tenth album by each of Zheng Xiaoxu (1860-1938), Luo Zhenyu (1865-1940), Chen Zengshou (1878-1949), Shang Yanying (1869-?). Quan Qi (19th-20th century), and Yuan Jinkai (1890-1947)
A top price for Yong Xing
The work Calligraphy After The Chunhua Ge Tie by Yong Xing was worth HKD 2,584,000.00 (€ 282,727.74) to a buyer in November 2005. This price was achieved in the auction FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY at Christies in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 800,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Calligraphy After The Chunhua Ge Tie the most expensive artwork by Yong Xing that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Yong Xing
Die Arbeit Calligraphy After The Chunhua Ge Tie von Yong Xing war einem Käufer im November 2005 HKD 2.584.000,00 (€ 282.727,74) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY bei Christies in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 800.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Calligraphy After The Chunhua Ge Tie zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Yong Xing, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.