Zeng Guofan

Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script

Found at Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 80
15. Aug - 29. Aug 2023
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 HKD
Price realised: 75.600 HKD
ZENG GUOFAN (1811-1872) Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script A pair of scrolls, mounted for framing, ink on waxed paper Each scroll measures 172 x 39 cm. (67 3 ⁄ 4 x 15 3 ⁄ 8 in.) Signed, with two seals of the artist

Upper estimated price slightly exceeded

The work Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script by Zeng Guofan was sold in the Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online auction at Christies in New York in August this year. Here, the upper estimate of HKD 70,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for HKD 75,600.00 (€ 8,892.89). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Zeng Guofan achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Calligraphy Couplet in Xingshu II in April last year with an auction result of HKD 1,890,000.00 (€ 228,514.76).

Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen

Die Arbeit Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script von Zeng Guofan wurde im August diesen Jahres in der Auktion Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online bei Christies in New York versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von HKD 70.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für HKD 75.600,00 (€ 8.892,89) einen neuen Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Zeng Guofan erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Calligraphy Couplet in Xingshu II im April letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 1.890.000,00 (€ 228.514,76).

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