Li Keran
Boy on Buffalo under Plum Blossoms
Found at
Christies,
Köln
Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings, Lot 1133
31. May - 31. May 2023
Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings, Lot 1133
31. May - 31. May 2023
Estimate: 500.000 - 700.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.071.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.071.000 HKD
Description
LI KERAN (1907-1989)
Boy on Buffalo under Plum Blossoms
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
68.5 x 46.5 cm. (27 x 18 1/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated March, 1978
Boy on Buffalo under Plum Blossoms
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
68.5 x 46.5 cm. (27 x 18 1/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated March, 1978
Upper estimate price exceeded by 53 %.
In May this year Christies in Cologne held the auction Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings, which included the work Boy on Buffalo under Plum Blossoms by Li Keran. The »bidding war« ended at HKD 1,071,000.00 (€ 128,371.22), 53% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Li Keran achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Magnificent Mountains With Gushy Cascades in October 2017 with an auction result of HKD 122,162,500.00 (€ 13,445,426.25).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 53 % übertroffen
Im Mai diesen Jahres führte Christies in Köln die Auktion Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings durch, in der auch die Arbeit Boy on Buffalo under Plum Blossoms von Li Keran zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von HKD 1.071.000,00 (€ 128.371,22) und damit 53% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Li Keran erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Magnificent Mountains With Gushy Cascades im Oktober 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 122.162.500,00 (€ 13.445.426,25).