Emperor Xianfeng

Imperial Running Script Calligraphy

Found at Christies, Hong Kong
Dowager Empress Cixi: Elegance of the Late Qing, Lot 2235
3. DEC - 3. DEC 2008
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 HKD
Price realised: 81.250 HKD
EMPEROR XIANFENG (1851-1861)
IMPERIAL RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
23 5/8 x 7 1/4in. (60 x 23.5 cm.)
One seal of the artist: Xian Feng
Dated early ninth month of the Yimao year, 1855, inspired by an early evening view of Yu Hai

Upper estimate price exceeded by 35 %.

The work Imperial Running Script Calligraphy by Emperor Xianfeng was sold in the Dowager Empress Cixi: Elegance of the Late Qing auction at Christies in Hong Kong in December 2008. It achieved a price of HKD 81,250.00 (€ 7,530.17), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 35%. Other works by Emperor Xianfeng have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of HKD 83,650.00 (€ 11,912.83) in April 2002 for the work Couplet In Large Standard Script Calligraphy.

Oberer Schätzpreis um 35 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Imperial Running Script Calligraphy von Emperor Xianfeng wurde im Dezember 2008 in der Auktion Dowager Empress Cixi: Elegance of the Late Qing bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 81.250,00 (€ 7.530,17) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 35%. Andere Arbeiten von Emperor Xianfeng haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von HKD 83.650,00 (€ 11.912,83) im April 2002 für die Arbeit Couplet In Large Standard Script Calligraphy beobachtet.

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