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- Estimate
- HK$30,000–HK$50,000 hammer ≈ $3,861–$6,434
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Ink Art, Hong Kong · 4 April 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4557370
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Tong Yangtze, Live Freely in Nature. Sotheby's, 4 Apr 2017, lot 540. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4557370.
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Tong Yangtze, Live Freely in Nature. Sotheby's, 4 Apr 2017, lot 540. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4557370.
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From the same sale Contemporary Ink Art · Apr 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountainside | Zeng Mi | HK$80,000–HK$120,000 | |
| Lotus | Lui Shou-kwan | HK$80,000–HK$120,000 | |
| Riverbank | Koon Wai Bong | HK$80,000–HK$120,000 | |
| Cornel Grove and Deer Enclosure (set of two works) | Wucius Wong & Pat Hui | HK$30,000–HK$50,000 | |
| Yu Yuan Stone | Liu Dan | HK$700,000–HK$1,000,000 | |
| None | Chen Qikuan | HK$250,000–HK$300,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tong Yangtze | Inborn Talent Burgeons | $8,866 | Sotheby's, Oct 2013 | |
| Tong Yangtze | Tong Yangtze 董陽孜 | Untitled 無題 | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Tong Yangtze | Heaven and Earth are My Hut | Sotheby's, Sep 2008 | ||
| Qiu Deshu | Untitled | Christie's, Nov 2019 | ||
| Tong Yangtze | Calligraphy for C.C. Wang's Eightieth Birthday, 1987 | Bonhams, Sep 2026 | ||
| Li Jia | Reading at Night, 2005 | Bonhams, May 2023 | ||
| Tong Yangtze | TONG YANGTZE (b.1942) Not Acting Does Not Imply an Inability | Bonhams, May 2023 | ||
| Qiu Deshu | Fissuring - The Seal of Cosmology Series | Christie's, 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.