Wen Qiqiu
Landscape
Found at
Bonhams
Asian Art, Lot 11
3. May - 3. May 2023
Asian Art, Lot 11
3. May - 3. May 2023
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Formerly in the collection of Cai Shou (1879-1941) | 蔡守舊藏 (lot 8 to 16)
Wen Qiqiu (1862-1941)
Landscape
Ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll
Inscribed and signed Wen Qiqiu, with five seals of the artist, and inscribed by Zhao Fan, with three seals
Dated gengshen year (1920)
58.5 x 40.0cm
Cai Shou (1879-1941) | Private collection, Hong Kong | Private collection, Melbourne | thence by descent
Wen Qiqiu (1862-1941)
Landscape
Ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll
Inscribed and signed Wen Qiqiu, with five seals of the artist, and inscribed by Zhao Fan, with three seals
Dated gengshen year (1920)
58.5 x 40.0cm
Cai Shou (1879-1941) | Private collection, Hong Kong | Private collection, Melbourne | thence by descent
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Landscape by Wen Qiqiu was auctioned at Bonhams in May this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - AUD 2,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at AUD 6,150.00 (€ 3,736.53). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Wen Qiqiu - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Various Flowers, which sold at auction in October 2013 for HKD 150,000.00 (€ 14,234.22).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Landscape von Wen Qiqiu im Mai diesen Jahres bei Bonhams versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – AUD 2.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit AUD 6.150,00 (€ 3.736,53) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Wen Qiqiu mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Various Flowers beobachtet, die im Oktober 2013 für HKD 150.000,00 (€ 14.234,22) versteigert wurde.
Wen Qiqiu - Auction history
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