Wang Shihong
Five-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
Found at
Christies
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center, Lot 1757
15. Nov - 1. Dec 2021
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center, Lot 1757
15. Nov - 1. Dec 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
WANG SHIHONG (1658-1723)
Five-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on patterned paper
Each scroll measures 79.3 x 17 cm. (31 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> x 6 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Four collector's seals of Di Xuegeng (1820-1899)
NOTE:
Di Xuegeng, who styled himself as Mannong and Shuzi, a native of Liyang, Jiangsu, was the father of Di Baoxian (1873-1941), the well-known painter, calligrapher, and politician in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic era. He was keen on collecting calligraphy and painting and once worked as a county magistrate in Jiangxi.
Five-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on patterned paper
Each scroll measures 79.3 x 17 cm. (31 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> x 6 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Four collector's seals of Di Xuegeng (1820-1899)
NOTE:
Di Xuegeng, who styled himself as Mannong and Shuzi, a native of Liyang, Jiangsu, was the father of Di Baoxian (1873-1941), the well-known painter, calligrapher, and politician in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic era. He was keen on collecting calligraphy and painting and once worked as a county magistrate in Jiangxi.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Wang Shihong achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in December 2021. In the Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center auction, the work Five-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script sold for HKD 43,750.00 (€ 4,955.60) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 20,000.00. Admittedly, works by Wang Shihong have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Poems In Running Script in March 2014 with an auction result of USD 50,000.00 (€ 36,292.37).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Wang Shihong erzielte im Dezember 2021 bei Christies einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center wurde die Arbeit Five-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script für HKD 43.750,00 (€ 4.955,60) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 20.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Wang Shihong auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Poems In Running Script im März 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 50.000,00 (€ 36.292,37).
Wang Shihong - Auction history
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