Zhang Ruo'Ai
Flowers and Birds
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 2553
31. May - 31. May 2011
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 2553
31. May - 31. May 2011
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.160.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.160.000 HKD
Description
ZHANG RUO'AI (1713-1746)
Flowers and Birds
Each leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of twelve seals of the artist
Twenty one collectors' seals including eight of Yong Jing (1712-1787) and thirteen of Chen Rentao (1906-1968)
Album of six leaves, ink on paper
Each leaf measures 30.5 x 36.2 cm. (12 x 14 1/2 in.)
- LOTS 2553-2559 | PROPERTY OF M
Flowers and Birds
Each leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of twelve seals of the artist
Twenty one collectors' seals including eight of Yong Jing (1712-1787) and thirteen of Chen Rentao (1906-1968)
Album of six leaves, ink on paper
Each leaf measures 30.5 x 36.2 cm. (12 x 14 1/2 in.)
- LOTS 2553-2559 | PROPERTY OF M
Artwork auctioned at 16 times the upper estimate price
When the work Flowers and Birds by Zhang Ruo'Ai was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2011, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 70,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 16 times as high at HKD 1,160,000.00 (€ 103,767.39). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Zhang Ruo'Ai achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Autumn Landscape in May 2016 with an auction result of HKD 18,040,000.00 (€ 2,085,090.26).
Kunstwerk zum 16-fachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Flowers and Birds von Zhang Ruo'Ai im Mai 2011 bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 70.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 1.160.000,00 (€ 103.767,39) mehr als 16-mal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Zhang Ruo'Ai erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Autumn Landscape im Mai 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 18.040.000,00 (€ 2.085.090,26).
Zhang Ruo'Ai - Auction history
