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- Estimate
- HK$150,000–HK$250,000 hammer ≈ $19,109–$31,848
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Classical Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong · 1 April 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4731367
- Record
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Song Cao, cursive script after wang xizhi. Sotheby's, 1 Apr 2019, lot 2540. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4731367.
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Song Cao, cursive script after wang xizhi. Sotheby's, 1 Apr 2019, lot 2540. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4731367.
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From the same sale Fine Classical Chinese Paintings · Apr 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| calligraphy in running script | Wang Du | HK$500,000–HK$700,000 | |
| landscape after jiang shijie | Tang Yifen | HK$20,000–HK$30,000 | |
| li ji bei in running script | Liu Yong | HK$300,000–HK$500,000 | |
| meng haoran's poem in cursive script | Zhang Ruitu | HK$500,000–HK$800,000 | |
| winter landscape | — | HK$5,000–HK$8,000 | |
| landscape after wang wei's poem | — | HK$800,000–HK$1,000,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song Cao | Poems in Running Script | $24,077 | Christie's, May 2022 | |
| Song Cao | Calligraphy in Running Script | Christie's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Song Cao | Poème en style cursif | Christie's, Jun 2018 | ||
| Song Cao | 宋曹 行書七律 | Song Cao, Calligraphy in Running Script | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Dong Qichang | Dong Qichang 1555 - 1636 董其昌 | Poem in Cursive Script 草書自書詩《 | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Wen Zhengming | Landscape | Sotheby's, Mar 2017 | ||
| Song Cao | Poem in Xingshu | Sotheby's, Apr 2011 | ||
| Yun Shouping | 惲壽平 臨唐賢三種書｜Yun Shouping, Calligraphy after Tang Masters | Sotheby's, Apr 2025 |
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.