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- Estimate
- RMB 150,000–RMB 200,000 hammer ≈ $24,611–$32,815
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art, Beijing · 1 December 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4218794
- Record
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Gu Wenda, Ink World. Sotheby's, 1 Dec 2013, lot 131. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4218794.
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Gu Wenda, Ink World. Sotheby's, 1 Dec 2013, lot 131. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4218794.
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From the same sale Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art · Dec 2013
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daffodils | Qiu Xiaofei | RMB 450,000–RMB 650,000 | |
| Numbers of Flowers | Yan Shilin | RMB 50,000–RMB 100,000 | |
| Afternoon | Liu Qinghe | RMB 40,000–RMB 60,000 | |
| Human Body | Ren Jian | RMB 400,000–RMB 500,000 | |
| The Mother of the Red Earth No. 1 | Mao Xuhui | RMB 300,000–RMB 400,000 | |
| Spring Landscape | Xie Lantao | RMB 50,000–RMB 80,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gu Wenda | Wonderland | $25,806 | Sotheby's, Oct 2015 | |
| Gu Wenda | Zodiac Series: Year of the Monkey | Sotheby's, Oct 2016 | ||
| Gu Wenda | Mythos Of Lost Dynasties: A Series #23 | Bonhams, May 2014 | ||
| Gu Wenda | Gu's Phrase Series: Wind and Bamboo | Sotheby's, Oct 2014 | ||
| Gu Wenda | body landscape no. 1 & no. 2 | Sotheby's, Sep 2006 | ||
| Gu Wenda | Pseudo Seal-script in Ancient Wrap H35 | Bonhams, May 2014 | ||
| Gu Wenda | the mythos of lost dynasties - no. 4 and no. 16 | Sotheby's, Mar 2008 | ||
| Gu Wenda | gu's phrase series no.1: sinking & floating | Sotheby's, Oct 2016 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.