Zhang Bi
The Thousand Character Classic In Cursive Script
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy, Lot 426
19. Mar - 19. Mar 2015
Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy, Lot 426
19. Mar - 19. Mar 2015
Estimate: 180.000 - 220.000 USD
Price realised: 874.000 USD
Price realised: 874.000 USD
Description
Zhang Bi 1425-1487
THE THOUSAND CHARACTER CLASSIC IN CURSIVE SCRIPT
signed Donghai weng, dated bingwu of the Chenghua reign, summer, the fifteenth day of the fifth lunar month (June 16, 1486), with one seal of the artist, ru bi
With two collectors' seals, yi jin zhang shi tu shu and one illegible
ink on paper, handscroll
24 by 829.6 cm. 9 1/2 by 326 1/2 in.
THE THOUSAND CHARACTER CLASSIC IN CURSIVE SCRIPT
signed Donghai weng, dated bingwu of the Chenghua reign, summer, the fifteenth day of the fifth lunar month (June 16, 1486), with one seal of the artist, ru bi
With two collectors' seals, yi jin zhang shi tu shu and one illegible
ink on paper, handscroll
24 by 829.6 cm. 9 1/2 by 326 1/2 in.
A top price for Zhang Bi
When the work The Thousand Character Classic In Cursive Script by Zhang Bi was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in March 2015, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 220,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 874,000.00 (€ 813,704.50). This high result makes The Thousand Character Classic In Cursive Script the most expensive artwork by Zhang Bi that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Zhang Bi
Als die Arbeit The Thousand Character Classic In Cursive Script von Zhang Bi im März 2015 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 220.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 874.000,00 (€ 813.704,50) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Thousand Character Classic In Cursive Script zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Zhang Bi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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