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- Estimate
- HK$150,000–HK$250,000 hammer ≈ $19,340–$32,233
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Ink Art : Journey, Hong Kong · 4 October 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4512435
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Tong Yangtze, Be Happy and Peaceful since you are here!. Sotheby's, 4 Oct 2016, lot 526. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4512435.
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Tong Yangtze, Be Happy and Peaceful since you are here!. Sotheby's, 4 Oct 2016, lot 526. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4512435.
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From the same sale Contemporary Ink Art : Journey · Oct 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peace | Chen Qikuan | HK$150,000–HK$250,000 | |
| The Fishpond, Hawaii-Kai (diptych) | Tseng Yu-ho | HK$200,000–HK$300,000 | |
| Watching Fish | Liu Wei | HK$250,000–HK$350,000 | |
| Distant Thoughts No.9 | Wucius Wong | HK$200,000–HK$300,000 | |
| Winter | Xu Lele | HK$80,000–HK$120,000 | |
| Gentlemen (set of thirty-six) | Koon Wai Bong | HK$300,000–HK$400,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tong Yangtze | TONG YANGTZE (b.1942) Not Acting Does Not Imply an Inability | $17,478 | Bonhams, May 2023 | |
| Tong Yangtze | Calligraphy | Christie's, Sep 2017 | ||
| Li Jia | Banquet under a melon | Phillips, Feb 2022 | ||
| Tong Yangtze | Heaven and Earth are My Hut | Sotheby's, Sep 2008 | ||
| Xu Bing | A Stroll Back to a Place I Enjoyed 2002 | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Tong Yangtze | be tolerant, so you will be great, have no desire, so you wi | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 | ||
| Li Jia | Endless Lonesome Surround If I Don’ t Have You / Relax in th | Christie's, May 2019 | ||
| Tong Yangtze | Inborn Talent Burgeons | Sotheby's, Oct 2013 |
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.