Ma Yifu

Calligraphy In Xingshu

Found at Sothebys, Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Paintings, Lot 2862
7. Oct - 7. Oct 2019
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 HKD
Price realised: 187.500 HKD
Ma Yifu
(1883-1967)
CALLIGRAPHY IN XINGSHU
signed JUAN SOU, with a dedication, and one seal of the artist
ink on colour, hanging scroll
129.7 by 33.3 cm. 51 1/8 by 13 1/8 in.

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work Calligraphy In Xingshu by Ma Yifu was auctioned at Sothebys in Hong Kong in October 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 60,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at HKD 187,500.00 (€ 21,430.97). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ma Yifu - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Calligraphy Couplet In Zhuanshu, which sold at auction in October 2015 for HKD 400,000.00 (€ 46,730.66).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Calligraphy In Xingshu von Ma Yifu im Oktober 2019 bei Sothebys in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 60.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 187.500,00 (€ 21.430,97) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Ma Yifu mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Calligraphy Couplet In Zhuanshu beobachtet, die im Oktober 2015 für HKD 400.000,00 (€ 46.730,66) versteigert wurde.

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