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- Estimate
- $2,000–$4,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York · 15 September 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4683778
- Record
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Zhuang Yan, calligraphy in regular script. Sotheby's, 15 Sep 2018, lot 1169. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4683778.
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Zhuang Yan, calligraphy in regular script. Sotheby's, 15 Sep 2018, lot 1169. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4683778.
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From the same sale Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art · Sep 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| calligraphy in cursive script | — | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| fortune and longevity | — | $1,000–$2,000 | |
| listening to the sound of pines | Fang Zhaoling | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| three bamboo flower baskets japan, 19th / 20th century | | — | $2,500–$3,000 | |
| herbert c. white, peking the beautiful. commercial press, shanghai, c… | — | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| Untitled | Various | $600–$800 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhuang Yan | Calligraphy in Slender Gold Style | $3,870 | Christie's, Feb 2021 | |
| Zhuang Yan | Two works of Calligraphy in Slender-Gold Style | Bonhams, Jun 2021 | ||
| Zhuang Yan | Brilliance | Christie's, May 2018 | ||
| Zhuang Yan | Calligraphy in Regular Script | Bonhams, Aug 2023 | ||
| Zhuang Yan | calligraphy in kaishu | Sotheby's, Oct 2018 | ||
| Huang Junbi | Snowy Landscape, 1980 | Bonhams, Dec 2023 | ||
| Pu Ru | Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script | Bonhams, Dec 2022 | ||
| Zhuang Yan | Landscape After Yuan and Ming Masters | Bonhams, May 2017 |
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.