Bada Shanren
Bird And Rock, Running Script Calligraphy
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 989
30. MAY - 30. MAY 2005
FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY, Lot 989
30. MAY - 30. MAY 2005
Estimate: 250.000 - 300.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.024.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.024.000 HKD
Description
BADA SHANREN (1626-1705)
BIRD AND ROCK, RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
A pair of album leaves mounted as a hanging scroll, ink or ink and light colours on paper
Each leaf measures 30 x 30 cm (11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Top leaf with a poem by the artist in running script calligraphy, signed twice: Bada Shanren
Two seals of the artist: He Yuan, Yao Shu
Dated fifteenth day of the first month, gengshen year (1700)
Painting signed by the artist: Bada Shanren
One seal of the artist: Ke De Shen Xian
BIRD AND ROCK, RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
A pair of album leaves mounted as a hanging scroll, ink or ink and light colours on paper
Each leaf measures 30 x 30 cm (11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Top leaf with a poem by the artist in running script calligraphy, signed twice: Bada Shanren
Two seals of the artist: He Yuan, Yao Shu
Dated fifteenth day of the first month, gengshen year (1700)
Painting signed by the artist: Bada Shanren
One seal of the artist: Ke De Shen Xian
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
When the work Bird And Rock, Running Script Calligraphy by Bada Shanren was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2005, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 300,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at HKD 2,024,000.00 (€ 210,775.29). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Bada Shanren achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Album Of Natore in May 2016 with an auction result of HKD 76,910,000.00 (€ 8,889,373.15).
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Bird And Rock, Running Script Calligraphy von Bada Shanren im Mai 2005 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 300.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 2.024.000,00 (€ 210.775,29) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Bada Shanren erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Album Of Natore im Mai 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 76.910.000,00 (€ 8.889.373,15).
Bada Shanren - Auction history
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