Lot 302 · Contemporary Day Auction
Antbone No. 3 蟻骨3號
Hu Xiaoyuan · pine, Chinese ink, silk, steel, and iron nails
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- Estimate
- HK$240,000–HK$500,000 hammer ≈ $30,592–$63,733
- Result
- upcoming — 29 September 2026
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Day Auction, Hong Kong · 29 September 2026
- Dimensions
- 140 by 160 by 19.5 cm.
- Record ID
- TB-2026-17808197
- Record
- first seen 14 Sep 2026 · updated 14 Sep 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-17808197 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-17808197
Hu Xiaoyuan, Hu Xiaoyuan 胡曉媛 | Antbone No. 3 蟻骨3號. Sotheby's, 29 Sep 2026, lot 302. estimate HK$240,000–HK$500,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17808197.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
88% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 91,573 held-out lots the model scored about 88%, 84% sold.
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Hu Xiaoyuan, Hu Xiaoyuan 胡曉媛 | Antbone No. 3 蟻骨3號. Sotheby's, 29 Sep 2026, lot 302. estimate HK$240,000–HK$500,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17808197.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hu Xiaoyuan | Wood No. 12 | $41,838 | Christie's, May 2023 | |
| Hu Xiaoyuan | Wood-Lachrymose No. 1 | Phillips, Nov 2024 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | 南国の島 | SBI Art Auction, Oct 2025 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | 七色の富士ーやさしさに溢れた万物は私の心を打った (Kusama 398) | SBI Art Auction, Oct 2021 | ||
| Yoshitomo Nara | After the Acid Rain (Day Version) | Phillips, Mar 2023 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | LV × YK Surf (Black & Yellow) | SBI Art Auction, Jul 2026 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | かぼちゃ軍団 (Kusama 202) | SBI Art Auction, May 2023 | ||
| Hu Xiaoyuan | Rift No. 4 | Christie's, Nov 2023 |
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.