Zhu Zhixin
Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1656
19.Nov - 26.Nov.2018
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1656
19.Nov - 26.Nov.2018
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 HKD
Price realised: 112.500 HKD
Price realised: 112.500 HKD
Description
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 176 x 43 cm. (69 ¼ x 16 ⅞ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Tiejun (General Zhang Fakui)
One collector's seal of Zhang Fakui
General Zhang Fakui (1896-1980), born in Guangdong province, was Second Lieutenant General in the Army of the Nationalist Party of China. He was an active participant during the Sino-Japanese war and had a prominent career in the army. He was successively appointed as Group Army Commander in Chief, Army Corp Commander in Chief and Military Region Commander in Chief. After the war, he was appointed a member of the Presidential Strategic Advisory Board. In March 1949, he became the Army Chief, but
Each scroll measures 176 x 43 cm. (69 ¼ x 16 ⅞ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Tiejun (General Zhang Fakui)
One collector's seal of Zhang Fakui
General Zhang Fakui (1896-1980), born in Guangdong province, was Second Lieutenant General in the Army of the Nationalist Party of China. He was an active participant during the Sino-Japanese war and had a prominent career in the army. He was successively appointed as Group Army Commander in Chief, Army Corp Commander in Chief and Military Region Commander in Chief. After the war, he was appointed a member of the Presidential Strategic Advisory Board. In March 1949, he became the Army Chief, but
Artwork auctioned at 14 times the upper estimate price
The work Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script by Zhu Zhixin was worth HKD 112,500.00 (€ 12,697.61) to a buyer in November 2018. This price was achieved in the auction Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online at Christies in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 8,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Zhu Zhixin; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Calligraphy in Running Script sold at auction in November 2018 with the realized price of HKD 162,500.00 (€ 18,340.99).
Kunstwerk zum 14-fachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script von Zhu Zhixin war einem Käufer im November 2018 HKD 112.500,00 (€ 12.697,61) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online bei Christies in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 8.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Zhu Zhixin; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Calligraphy in Running Script im November 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 162.500,00 (€ 18.340,99).
Zhu Zhixin - Auction history
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