Wu Rongguang
Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script
Found at
Sothebys,
Hong Kong
Inkspiration: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 861
30. Jul - 11. Aug 2021
Inkspiration: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 861
30. Jul - 11. Aug 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Wu Rongguang
(1773-1843)
Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script
ink on gold paper, a set of two hanging scrolls
63.5 by 11.2 cm. 25 by 4⅜ in. (2)
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吳榮光(1773-1843) 行書五言聯
水墨金箋 立軸一對
63.5 by 11.2 cm. 25 by 4⅜ in. (2) 注：上款雲谷，即葉夢龍(1775-1832)，字仲山，南海(今廣東廣州)人，官至戶部郎中。收藏極富，有《風滿樓叢帖》。其子葉應祺為吳榮光千金吳小荷之夫君，故上款以「親家」相稱。
(1773-1843)
Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script
ink on gold paper, a set of two hanging scrolls
63.5 by 11.2 cm. 25 by 4⅜ in. (2)
--------------------------------------
吳榮光(1773-1843) 行書五言聯
水墨金箋 立軸一對
63.5 by 11.2 cm. 25 by 4⅜ in. (2) 注：上款雲谷，即葉夢龍(1775-1832)，字仲山，南海(今廣東廣州)人，官至戶部郎中。收藏極富，有《風滿樓叢帖》。其子葉應祺為吳榮光千金吳小荷之夫君，故上款以「親家」相稱。
Upper estimate price exceeded by 73 %.
The work Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script by Wu Rongguang was sold in the Inkspiration: Chinese Paintings Online auction at Sothebys in Hong Kong in August 2021. The »bidding war« ended at HKD 69,300.00 (€ 7,546.65), 73% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Wu Rongguang - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Calligraphy In Xingshu, which sold at auction in October 2013 for HKD 275,000.00 (€ 26,096.07).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 73 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script von Wu Rongguang wurde im August 2021 in der Auktion Inkspiration: Chinese Paintings Online bei Sothebys in Hong Kong versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von HKD 69.300,00 (€ 7.546,65) und damit 73% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Wu Rongguang mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Calligraphy In Xingshu beobachtet, die im Oktober 2013 für HKD 275.000,00 (€ 26.096,07) versteigert wurde.
Wu Rongguang - Auction history
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