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- Estimate
- HK$200,000–HK$300,000 hammer ≈ $25,787–$38,680
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Classical Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong · 3 October 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4509877
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Yuan Mei, Letters. Sotheby's, 3 Oct 2016, lot 2803. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4509877.
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Yuan Mei, Letters. Sotheby's, 3 Oct 2016, lot 2803. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4509877.
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From the same sale Fine Classical Chinese Paintings · Oct 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Hunting | Lang Shining | HK$800,000–HK$1,200,000 | |
| Landscape after Zhao Mengfu | Wang Hui | HK$80,000–HK$100,000 | |
| Ink Bamboo | Zheng Xie | HK$400,000–HK$600,000 | |
| Bamboo and Rock | Wen Tong | HK$200,000–HK$300,000 | |
| Li Yuan and Yuanze | Muqi | HK$4,000,000–HK$5,500,000 | |
| Ink Plum Blossom | Jin Nong | HK$800,000–HK$1,000,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuan Mei | Running-Standard Script Calligraphy | $31,849 | Christie's, May 2019 | |
| Yuan Mei | Poetry | Sotheby's, Apr 2017 | ||
| Yuan Mei | Letter | Sotheby's, May 2016 | ||
| Liu Yong | Running Script Calligraphy | Christie's, Nov 2019 | ||
| Wen Zhengming | Withered Tree in Sunset | Christie's, Feb 2026 | ||
| Dong Qichang | Solitary Smoke over Distant Village | Christie's, Feb 2026 | ||
| Yuan Mei | 袁枚 行楷寓西湖寶石山莊詩五首 | Yuan Mei, Poem in Regular Script | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Liu Yong | Winter Birds, 2012 | Bonhams, Mar 2021 |
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.