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- Estimate
- HK$30,000–HK$50,000 hammer ≈ $3,868–$6,447
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong · 5 April 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4460166
- Record
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Ning Fucheng, Calligraphy Couplet in Lishu. Sotheby's, 5 Apr 2016, lot 1326. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4460166.
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Ning Fucheng, Calligraphy Couplet in Lishu. Sotheby's, 5 Apr 2016, lot 1326. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4460166.
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From the same sale Fine Chinese Paintings · Apr 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taming the Tiger | Feng Zikai | HK$200,000–HK$300,000 | |
| Calligraphy in Zhuanshu | Wu Changshuo | HK$500,000–HK$700,000 | |
| Calligraphy | Zeng Shaojie | HK$20,000–HK$30,000 | |
| Calligraphy Couplet in Lishu | Wang Fu'an | HK$80,000–HK$120,000 | |
| Landscape; Calligraphy in Zhuanshu | Zhang Shiyuan | HK$40,000–HK$60,000 | |
| Scholar | Zhang Daqian | HK$80,000–HK$120,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ning Fucheng | prunus, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum | $6,250 | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | |
| Ning Fucheng | Lotus | Sotheby's, May 2016 | ||
| Ning Fucheng | The Four Gentlemen, 1957-1958 | Bonhams, Mar 2024 | ||
| Ning Fucheng | Poem in Lishu | Sotheby's, Apr 2012 | ||
| Wu Changshuo | Chrysanthemums and calligraphy, 1914 | Bonhams, Mar 2024 | ||
| Qi Baishi | Calligraphy in Seal Script | Bonhams, Feb 2021 | ||
| Ning Fucheng | Calligraphy Couplet in Lishu | Sotheby's, Oct 2015 | ||
| Huang Binhong | Landscape, and Lotus | Bonhams, May 2018 |
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.