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Chinese Paintings

Auction 20379
12 Sep 2012, starting at 10:00 EDT.
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Auction highlights

Sold for US$ 122,500 inc. premium
Anonymous (17th/18th century) Guanyin by a Lotus Pond
Sold for US$ 98,500 inc. premium
Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) Cabbage, Mushrooms, and Raddish, 1961
Sold for US$ 62,500 inc. premium
Zheng Xie (1693-1765) Calligraphy in Running Script, 1750
Sold for US$ 52,500 inc. premium
Anonymous (18th Century) Romance of the Western Chamber (Xixiangji)

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2000 He Shaoji (1799-1873) Calligraphic Couplet US$ 10,625
£6,974
€8,256
2001 Bian Jiu (17th century), Zhu Sheng (1618-c. 1690) Landscape and Orchid US$ 8,750
£5,743
€6,799
2002 Chen Hongshou (1768-1822) Calligraphic Couplet in Clerical Script US$ 8,125
£5,333
€6,313
2003 Attributed to Zhang Hong (1577-c.1668) Snow Landscape, 1641 US$ 12,500
£8,205
€9,713
2004 Zhang Pengchong (1688-1745) Album Leaves and Calligraphic Couplet US$ 3,750
£2,461
€2,913
2005 Liang Tongshu (1723-1815) Calligraphy in Running Script US$ 8,125
£5,333
€6,313
2006 Zhai Yunsheng (1776-1858) Calligraphy in Clerical Script US$ 5,000
£3,282
€3,885
2007 Wang Xuehao (1754-1832) Calligraphic Couplet, 1829 US$ 5,000
£3,282
€3,885
2008 Peng Yulin (1816-1890) Ink Prunus, 1870 US$ 15,000
£9,846
€11,655
2009 Zhuang Yunkuan (1866-1932) Calligraphic couplet, 1928 US$ 4,000
£2,625
€3,108
2010 Anonymous (14th/15th century) Buffalo and Calf US$ 40,000
£26,256
€31,082
2012 Attributed to Xia Chang (1388-1470) Bamboo US$ 5,000
£3,282
€3,885
2013 After Wu Zhen (1280-1354) Ink Bamboo US$ 6,250
£4,102
€4,856
2014 After Zhao Yong (1289-after 1360) Scholar's Gathering, 19th century US$ 3,125
£2,051
€2,428
2015 Anonymous (17th century) Mongolian scene US$ 13,750
£9,025
€10,684
2017 Zheng Xie (1693-1765) Calligraphy in Running Script, 1750 US$ 62,500
£41,026
€48,566
2019 Attributed to Xiang Shengmo (1597-1658) Fabulous Tree US$ 3,125
£2,051
€2,428
2020 Wu Huiru (18th century) and Chen Bangyan Guanyin with Sutra Calligraphy US$ 5,250
£3,446
€4,079
2021 Anonymous (17th/18th century) Guanyin by a Lotus Pond US$ 122,500
£80,411
€95,189
2022 Attributed to Qiu Ying (c.1492-c.1559) Dongpo's Journey on the Lake US$ 13,750
£9,025
€10,684
2023 Attributed to Wang Yuanqi (1642-1715) Landscape, 1714 US$ 3,125
£2,051
€2,428
2026 An Imperial Edict Qing Yongzheng Period, 1735 US$ 16,250
£10,666
€12,627
2027 An Imperial Edict Guangxu Period, 1875 US$ 2,500
£1,641
€1,942
2028 Anonymous (c. 1800) Album of Southwestern Minorities US$ 11,250
£7,384
€8,741
2030 Gan Jing (18th century) Landscape after Dong Qichang, 1762 US$ 13,750
£9,025
€10,684
2031 Cheng Tinglu (1796 - 1858) Winding River in the Mountains, 1855 US$ 11,875
£7,795
€9,227
2032 Anonymous (18th Century) Romance of the Western Chamber (Xixiangji) US$ 52,500
£34,462
€40,795
2033 Shen Yongling (active late 17th Century) Squirrel on Pine Branch, 1696 US$ 10,000
£6,564
€7,770
2034 Weng Luo (1790-1849) Bulbuls on Pine Tree with Rocks and Flowers, 1837 US$ 4,375
£2,871
€3,399
2035 Attributed to Zou Yigui (1686-1772) Birds and Flowers, 1750 US$ 2,500
£1,641
€1,942
2036 Yuan Ying (active 1765-1785) Landscape US$ 22,500
£14,769
€17,483
2037 Yao Song (18th century), Cheng Tang (18th century) Landscapes US$ 25,000
£16,410
€19,426
2038 Canton School (circa 1820s) Cultivating Tea US$ 1,250
£820
€971
2039 Li Xin (early 19th century) Landscape after Wu Zhen US$ 2,500
£1,641
€1,942
2040 Qian Song (1807-1860) Landscape, 1857 US$ 2,500
£1,641
€1,942
2041 Zu Shihong (19th century) Fish and Plants US$ 4,750
£3,118
€3,691
2042 Dai Xi (1801-1860) Ink Landscape US$ 5,250
£3,446
€4,079
2043 Qian Du (1763-1844) Ink Landscape, 1805 US$ 7,500
£4,923
€5,827
2045 Hu Gongshou (1823-1886) Ink Rock US$ 1,125
£738
€874
2046 Tao Tao (1825-1900) Album of Landscapes After Tang and Song Masters US$ 8,750
£5,743
€6,799
2049 Wu Shixian (1856-1919) Ink Landscape US$ 5,000
£3,282
€3,885
2053 Cheng Zhang (1869-1938) Cat and Sparrows, 1930 US$ 3,750
£2,461
€2,913
2054 Gu Yun (1835-1896) Landscapes in the Style of Shen Zhou, 1883 US$ 6,250
£4,102
€4,856
2055 Yang Borun (1837-1911) Four Landscapes US$ 5,625
£3,692
€4,370
2056 Lu Hui (1851-1920) Mountain Landscape, 1919 US$ 13,750
£9,025
€10,684
2057 Zhao Zhiqian (1829-1884) Flowers and Rock US$ 1,875
£1,230
€1,456
2059 Anonymous (late 19th/early 20th century) Gathering of Lohan US$ 1,000
£656
€777
2060 Yao Zhongbao (1870-1924) Landscape, 1919 US$ 1,500
£984
€1,165
2061 Wu Zheng (1878 - 1949) Lychees, Squash, Apples and Eggplants, 1944 US$ 6,250
£4,102
€4,856
2062 Wu Zheng (1878-1949) Snow Landscape, 1945 US$ 8,750
£5,743
€6,799
2063 Jin Cheng (1878-1926) Landscape after Wang Chen US$ 13,750
£9,025
€10,684
2064 Jin Cheng (1878-1926) Landscape after Hua Yan US$ 11,250
£7,384
€8,741
2066 Fei Yigeng (d. 1870) and Niu Shu (Qing Dynasty) Portrait of the poet Lu You, 1858, and Ladies in a Garden US$ 4,750
£3,118
€3,691
2067 Luo Zhenyu (1866-1940) Calligraphy in Seal Script, 1917 US$ 8,750
£5,743
€6,799
2069 Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) Cabbage, Mushrooms, and Raddish, 1961 US$ 98,500
£64,657
€76,540
2070 Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) Figure and Pine, 1935 US$ 31,250
£20,513
€24,283
2071 Zheng Mukang (1901 - 1982) Two Scrolls of Ladies, 1978 US$ 11,250
£7,384
€8,741
2072 Wang Jiqian (C. C. Wang, 1907-2003) Bamboo US$ 3,750
£2,461
€2,913
2073 Wang Jiqian (C. C. Wang, 1907-2003) Landscape, 1948 US$ 3,500
£2,297
€2,719
2074 Pu Ru (1896-1963) Bird and Lotus US$ 8,125
£5,333
€6,313
2075 Qi Baishi (1863-1957) Kingfisher and Hibiscus US$ 43,750
£28,718
€33,996
2078 Li Kuchan (1899-1983) Fish US$ 4,750
£3,118
€3,691
2079 Li Kuchan (1899-1983) Eagle, 1980 US$ 9,375
£6,153
€7,284
2080 Li Keran (1907-1989) Herding a Buffalo, 1983 US$ 27,500
£18,051
€21,369
2081 Lu Yanshao (1909-1993) and Xu Zihe Two Album Leaves US$ 5,250
£3,446
€4,079
2082 Xie Zhiliu (1910-1997) and Chen Peiqiu (born 1922) Two Album Leaves US$ 4,750
£3,118
€3,691
2085 Ding Yanyong (1902-1978) Red Fish, 1976 US$ 6,875
£4,512
€5,342
2086 Ding Yanyong (1902-1978) Bird and Lotus US$ 4,750
£3,118
€3,691
2088 Li Xiongcai (1910-2001) Autumn Landscape, 1982 US$ 6,250
£4,102
€4,856
2090 Zhao Shao'ang (1905-1998) Birds on Branches US$ 7,500
£4,923
€5,827
2091 Qi Gong (1912-2005) Calligraphy Running Script US$ 9,375
£6,153
€7,284
2093 Chen Dayu (1912-2001) Flower and Calligraphy US$ 3,500
£2,297
€2,719
2094 Wang Yong (born 1948) Landscape, 2004 US$ 7,500
£4,923
€5,827
2095 Xie Zhiliu (1910-1997) Bird on a Branch US$ 13,750
£9,025
€10,684
2103 Liu Guosong (Liu Kuo-Sung, b. 1932) Abstract Landscape, 1966 US$ 18,750
£12,307
€14,569
2104 Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010) Abstract Composition, 1993 US$ 50,000
£32,821
€38,853
2105 Ten Bamboo Studio (Shizhu Zhai Jian Pu), 1952 US$ 5,625
£3,692
€4,370
2106 Four Books on Chinese Painting US$ 3,750
£2,461
€2,913
2107 Ten Books on Chinese Painting US$ 2,250
£1,476
€1,748
2109 A selection of books and catalogues on modern Chinese painting US$ 1,250
£820
€971
2110 A selection of books and catalogues on classical Chinese painting US$ 750
£492
€582
2111 A selection of books and catalogues on classical Chinese painting US$ 1,500
£984
€1,165
2112 A selection of books and catalogues on modern Chinese painting US$ 2,750
£1,805
€2,136
2114 A selection of books and catalogues on modern Chinese painting US$ 937
£615
€728

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