Wang Shimin
Retreat in the Summer Mountains
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 2510
31. May - 31. May 2011
Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Lot 2510
31. May - 31. May 2011
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 HKD
Price realised: 500.000 HKD
Price realised: 500.000 HKD
Description
WANG SHIMIN (1592-1680)
Retreat in the Summer Mountains
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Wutian
Dated summer, yisi year (1665)
One collector's seal on the mounting
Fan leaf, mounted and framed, ink and colour on gold paper
15 x 46.2 cm. (5 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
- LOTS 2506-2514 | PROPERTY OF A
Retreat in the Summer Mountains
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Wutian
Dated summer, yisi year (1665)
One collector's seal on the mounting
Fan leaf, mounted and framed, ink and colour on gold paper
15 x 46.2 cm. (5 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
- LOTS 2506-2514 | PROPERTY OF A
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Retreat in the Summer Mountains by Wang Shimin was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2011, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 150,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at HKD 500,000.00 (€ 44,727.32). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Wang Shimin achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Reading in the Autumn Mountain in May 2012 with an auction result of HKD 10,180,000.00 (€ 1,060,485.28).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Retreat in the Summer Mountains von Wang Shimin im Mai 2011 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 150.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 500.000,00 (€ 44.727,32) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Wang Shimin erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Reading in the Autumn Mountain im Mai 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 10.180.000,00 (€ 1.060.485,28).
Wang Shimin - Auction history
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