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- Estimate
- RMB 80,000–RMB 120,000 hammer ≈ $11,920–$17,880
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art, Beijing · 2 June 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4367524
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Song Kun, Octopus Woman. Sotheby's, 2 Jun 2015, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4367524.
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Song Kun, Octopus Woman. Sotheby's, 2 Jun 2015, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4367524.
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From the same sale Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art · Jun 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Li River | Ma Kelu | RMB 40,000–RMB 60,000 | |
| Pu Songling Reading in the Golden Autumn | Wang Mingming | RMB 1,000,000–RMB 1,600,000 | |
| Seeking Clarity | A Hai | RMB 150,000–RMB 180,000 | |
| Wildgrass Land: Scattered Flowers | Chen Shizhong | RMB 250,000–RMB 350,000 | |
| Eight Women's Suicide in a River | Wang Xingwei | RMB 2,500,000–RMB 3,500,000 | |
| Dragon in the Wind | Dong Xinbin | RMB 50,000–RMB 80,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song Kun | The Third Eye | $13,319 | Bonhams, May 2022 | |
| Song Kun | Two Inner Mongolian Punks | Sotheby's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Song Kun | Lull | Christie's, May 2016 | ||
| Song Kun | Tower of Babel ; & Shanghai | Christie's, May 2018 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Nets Infinity | Sotheby's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Fruit Basket (4) (K. 276) | Phillips, Mar 2025 | ||
| Yoshitomo Nara | Untitled (No. YNF5009) | SBI Art Auction, Oct 2023 | ||
| Song Kun | Poison Drinker | Sotheby's, Apr 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.