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- Estimate
- $6,000–$8,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy, New York · 17 March 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4454871
- Record
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Yuan Mei, LETTERS. Sotheby's, 17 Mar 2016, lot 1052. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4454871.
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Yuan Mei, LETTERS. Sotheby's, 17 Mar 2016, lot 1052. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4454871.
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From the same sale Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy · Mar 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calligraphy Couplet in Regular Script | Pu Ru | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Calligraphy in Running Script | Shen Zengzhi | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Landscapes | Yang Wencong（1596-1646） | $8,000–$16,000 | |
| Crimson Tree at Sunrise | Shi Lu | $80,000–$100,000 | |
| Calligraphy in Running Script | Wang Shihong | $12,000–$16,000 | |
| Draft Books Couplets and Poems | He Shaoji | $50,000–$70,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Dong Qichang | Calligraphy in Running Script | Christie's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Wen Zhengming | Boating in Autumn | Christie's, Jun 2024 | ||
| Dong Qichang | Dong Qichang, Calligraphy in Running Script | 董其昌 行書片語 | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Dong Qichang | Landscape and Calligraphy | Sotheby's, Sep 2013 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Dong Qichang | Dong Qichang 董其昌 | Calligraphy in Four Styles 真行草書法卷 | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Zheng Xie | Zheng Xie 鄭燮 | Ink Bamboos 墨竹 | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 |
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