Zhou Zuoren
Two Calligraphies
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 HKD
Price realised: 475.000 HKD
Price realised: 475.000 HKD
Description
Two fan leaves, mounted and framed, ink on paper/ink on gold-flecked paper
Each leaf measures approximately 18.5 x 53 cm. (7 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
(2)Each leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of two seals of the artist
One leaf dated winter, gengzi year (1960)
One leaf dated three days before the Summer Solstice, yisi year (1965)
Both leaves dedicated to Shifang
Each leaf measures approximately 18.5 x 53 cm. (7 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
(2)Each leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of two seals of the artist
One leaf dated winter, gengzi year (1960)
One leaf dated three days before the Summer Solstice, yisi year (1965)
Both leaves dedicated to Shifang
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
When the work Two Calligraphies by Zhou Zuoren was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2018, 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 six times as high at HKD 475,000.00 (€ 51,895.89). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Zhou Zuoren achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Correspondences to Mr Hu Shifang in May 2018 with an auction result of HKD 5,980,000.00 (€ 653,341.90).
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Two Calligraphies von Zhou Zuoren im Mai 2018 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 475.000,00 (€ 51.895,89) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Zhou Zuoren erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Correspondences to Mr Hu Shifang im Mai 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 5.980.000,00 (€ 653.341,90).
Zhou Zuoren - Auction history
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