Zhang Jian
Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 47
15. Aug - 29. Aug 2023
Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 47
15. Aug - 29. Aug 2023
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 HKD
Price realised: 52.920 HKD
Price realised: 52.920 HKD
Description
ZHANG JIAN (1852-1926) Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper Each scroll measures 132.5 x 32 cm. (52 1 ⁄ 8 x 12 5 ⁄ 8 in.) Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist Dedicated to Yanran NOTE: Zhang Jian, also known as Gui Zhi, and Se An, is native to Haimen, Jiangsu Province. Zhang was a zhuangyuan , the highest scoring scholar on the Imperial examination, during the Guangxu period. In the late Qing dynasty, he participated in implementing consitutional reforms. He is equally proficient in Regular, Clerical, Semi-cursive, and Cursive script, but is most known for his running-cursive script calligraphy.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 76 %.
This artwork by Zhang Jian achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in August this year. In the Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online auction, the work Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script sold for HKD 52,920.00 (€ 6,225.02) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 30,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Zhang Jian achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Reflection of Moon in October 2014 with an auction result of HKD 1,437,500.00 (€ 147,994.81).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 76 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Zhang Jian erzielte im August diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online wurde die Arbeit Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script für HKD 52.920,00 (€ 6.225,02) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 30.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Zhang Jian erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Reflection of Moon im Oktober 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 1.437.500,00 (€ 147.994,81).
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