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- Estimate
- HK$5,000–HK$8,000 hammer ≈ $637–$1,019
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Classical Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong · 1 April 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4650156
- Record
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Tong Yuan, calligraphy couplet in clerical script. Sotheby's, 1 Apr 2018, lot 2248. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4650156.
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Tong Yuan, calligraphy couplet in clerical script. Sotheby's, 1 Apr 2018, lot 2248. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4650156.
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From the same sale Fine Classical Chinese Paintings · Apr 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| bai juyu’s poem in running script | Dong Qichang | HK$300,000–HK$450,000 | |
| landscape after huang gongwang | Wang Shimin | HK$1,200,000–HK$1,500,000 | |
| magpies on pomegranate tree | — | HK$200,000–HK$300,000 | |
| a portrait of fu minga | — | HK$120,000–HK$180,000 | |
| calligraphy after yan zhenqing | Weng Tonghe | HK$600,000–HK$800,000 | |
| mahaprajnaparamita sutra | Anonymous (Song Dynasty) | HK$200,000–HK$260,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tong Yuan | Sailing in the Morning, 1684 | $11,461 | Bonhams, Jun 2024 | |
| Tong Yuan | Tong Yuan (17Th Century) | Christie's, Apr 2004 | ||
| Zhang Daqian | Peony | Bonhams, Mar 2026 | ||
| Zhang Daqian | Sun Simiao, Tiger and Dragon | Bonhams, Feb 2022 | ||
| Kang Youwei | Calligraphy in Cursive Script | Christie's, Feb 2023 | ||
| Tong Yuan | calligraphy in clerical script | Sotheby's, Mar 2016 | ||
| Zhang Daqian | Seven-character Poems in Running Script – Sleeping Cat / Flo | Christie's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Dong Qichang | Dong Qichang 董其昌 | Chan Yue in Running Script 禪悅冊 | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 |
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.