Zhang Wentao
Five-character Couplet in Running Script
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 871
27. May - 27. May 2013
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 871
27. May - 27. May 2013
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 HKD
Price realised: 137.500 HKD
Price realised: 137.500 HKD
Description
ZHANG WENTAO (1764-1814)
Five-character Couplet in Running Script
A pair of hanging scrolls
ink on paper
Each scroll measures 153.6 x 44.5 cm. (60 3/8 x 17 1/2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Youyun
Dated nineteenth day, eighth month, renxu year (1802) (2)
- PROPERTY OF A CHINESE COLLECTOR IN NORTH AMERICA
Five-character Couplet in Running Script
A pair of hanging scrolls
ink on paper
Each scroll measures 153.6 x 44.5 cm. (60 3/8 x 17 1/2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Youyun
Dated nineteenth day, eighth month, renxu year (1802) (2)
- PROPERTY OF A CHINESE COLLECTOR IN NORTH AMERICA
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Five-character Couplet in Running Script by Zhang Wentao was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2013, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 30,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at HKD 137,500.00 (€ 13,635.66). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Zhang Wentao - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Calligraphy, which sold at auction in April 2014 for HKD 483,000.00 (€ 44,922.13).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Five-character Couplet in Running Script von Zhang Wentao im Mai 2013 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 30.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 137.500,00 (€ 13.635,66) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Zhang Wentao mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Calligraphy beobachtet, die im April 2014 für HKD 483.000,00 (€ 44.922,13) versteigert wurde.
Zhang Wentao - Auction history
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