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- Estimate
- A$10,000–A$20,000 hammer ≈ $6,667–$13,334
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Asian Art, Sydney · 3 May 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-429306
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Yuan Kewen, Calligraphy Couplet in Running Style. Bonhams, 3 May 2023, lot 24. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-429306.
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Yuan Kewen, Calligraphy Couplet in Running Style. Bonhams, 3 May 2023, lot 24. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-429306.
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From the same sale Asian Art · May 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landscape | After Lü Huancheng | A$6,000–A$8,000 | |
| Figures in the Rain | After Huang Shen | A$18,000–A$25,000 | |
| Court Ladies and Children | After Xu Bangda | A$3,500–A$4,200 | |
| Calligraphy in Running Style | Wu Deyi | A$500–A$800 | |
| Chrysanthemum | Wu Changshuo | A$1,500–A$2,200 | |
| New Year Flower Arrangement | Kong Xiaoyu | A$3,000–A$5,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuan Kewen | Calligraphy | $10,447 | Christie's, Sep 2021 | |
| Yuan Kewen | Letter on a Chinese Medicine Prescription | Bonhams, Dec 2020 | ||
| Yuan Kewen | Poems in Running Script | Bonhams, Jun 2021 | ||
| Yuan Kewen | Fourteen-characters Calligraphic Couplet in Seal Script | Christie's, Apr 2026 | ||
| Yuan Kewen | 袁克文 行書〈和梅真〉詩 | Yuan Kewen, Poem in Xingshu | Sotheby's, Apr 2026 | ||
| Yuan Kewen | Calligraphy in Running Script | Bonhams, Oct 2018 | ||
| Yuan Kewen | calligraphy in regular script | Sotheby's, Mar 2018 | ||
| Yuan Kewen | Calligraphy in Clerical Script | Christie's, Nov 2017 |
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.