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- Estimate
- $1,000–$2,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York · 23 March 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4728606
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Tong Yangtze, inaction. Sotheby's, 23 Mar 2019, lot 1502. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4728606.
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Tong Yangtze, inaction. Sotheby's, 23 Mar 2019, lot 1502. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4728606.
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From the same sale Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art · Mar 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| figure | Fan Zeng | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| early sketch of boats | He Huaishuo | $2,500–$3,500 | |
| four scholars | — | $2,500–$3,500 | |
| camels in a line | Wu Zuoren | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| calligraphy in running script | Wang Zhuangwei | $1,000–$3,000 | |
| calligraphy in regular script | Niu Shuyu | $300–$500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tong Yangtze | calligraphy in running script | $1,250 | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | |
| Tong Yangtze | TONG YANGTZE (1942-) Contemplate My Life (Guan Wo Sheng), 20 | Bonhams, May 2026 | ||
| Xu Bing | Book from the Sky | Christie's, Mar 2024 | ||
| Li Jia | Autumn Landscape of Lingnan | Bonhams, Aug 2022 | ||
| Xu Bing | crop field | Christie's, Mar 2024 | ||
| He Huaishuo | A Village Beyond Trees | Christie's, Jun 2023 | ||
| Tong Yangtze | Calligraphy for C.C. Wang's Eightieth Birthday, 1987 | Bonhams, Sep 2026 | ||
| Li Jia | Meditation | Bonhams, 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.