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- Estimate
- $800–$1,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York · 16 September 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4589400
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Yang Mengtai, CALLIGRAPHY COUPLET IN CURSIVE SCRIPT. Sotheby's, 16 Sep 2017, lot 1170. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4589400.
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Yang Mengtai, CALLIGRAPHY COUPLET IN CURSIVE SCRIPT. Sotheby's, 16 Sep 2017, lot 1170. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4589400.
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From the same sale Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art · Sep 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Large Wood Figure of Guanyin | — | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| A Pair of Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Vaseslate Qing Dynasty | — | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Crabs | Qi Baishi | $800–$1,200 | |
| Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script | Wang Shipei | $1,000–$3,000 | |
| Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script | Jiang Huaisu | $2,000–$5,000 | |
| Calligraphy Couplet in Regular Script | Pan Enkai | $500–$700 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yang Mengtai | Calligraphy, 1938 | $1,250 | Bonhams, Dec 2016 | |
| Pu Ru | Two Sages | Heritage Auctions, Mar 2022 | ||
| Pu Ru | Poem in Running Script | Bonhams, Feb 2022 | ||
| Pu Ru | Bamboo | Bonhams, Jun 2026 | ||
| Pu Ru | Landscape | Bonhams, Jun 2026 | ||
| Fei Danxu | Lady in a Garden, 1830 | Bonhams, Jan 2024 | ||
| Fei Danxu | Courtesan and Attendant | Heritage Auctions, Sep 2023 | ||
| Wang Yachen | Carps | Bonhams, Jul 2020 |
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.