Emperor Kangxi - Poem In Running Cursive Script Calligraphy After Mi Fu

Emperor Kangxi

Poem In Running Cursive Script Calligraphy After Mi Fu

Found at Christies, Hong Kong
IMPORTANT CHINESE ART, Lot 601
30. Oct - 30. Oct 2001
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
EMPEROR KANGXI (REIGNED 1662-1722)
POEM IN RUNNING CURSIVE SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY AFTER MI FU
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on silk
168 x 47 cm. (66 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
Three seals of the artist: Yuan Jian Zhai, Kang Xi Chen Han, Ci Ji Qing Yan
One collector's seal: Chen Heng Yong Ao Cang Yin
Note:
Mounted with Qing imperial yellow ground wax paper with the characters Yu Shu (Imperial calligraphy), and with a dragons amongst clouds pattern, all in gold outline

Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price

When the work Poem In Running Cursive Script Calligraphy After Mi Fu by Emperor Kangxi was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in October 2001, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 120,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at HKD 646,250.00 (€ 92,126.38). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Emperor Kangxi - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Calligraphy In Running Script, which sold at auction in October 2018 for HKD 3,068,000.00 (€ 345,461.35).

Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Poem In Running Cursive Script Calligraphy After Mi Fu von Emperor Kangxi im Oktober 2001 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 120.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 646.250,00 (€ 92.126,38) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Emperor Kangxi mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Calligraphy In Running Script beobachtet, die im Oktober 2018 für HKD 3.068.000,00 (€ 345.461,35) versteigert wurde.

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