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- Estimate
- HK$400,000–HK$600,000 hammer ≈ $50,990–$76,484
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Fine Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place · 9 October 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-821522
- Record
- first seen 22 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Kang Youwei, Calligraphy Couplet in Running and Regular Script. Bonhams, 9 Oct 2019, lot 215. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-821522.
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Kang Youwei, Calligraphy Couplet in Running and Regular Script. Bonhams, 9 Oct 2019, lot 215. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-821522.
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From the same sale Fine Chinese Paintings · Oct 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Landscape | Li Yanshan | HK$60,000–HK$80,000 | |
| Groom and the Horse; Calligraphy in Running Script | Pu Jin | HK$100,000–HK$150,000 | |
| Lady Under the Willow Tree; Calligraphy in Running Script | Chen Shaomei | HK$150,000–HK$200,000 | |
| Flowers and Birds After Lin Chun; Calligraphy | Yu Fei'an | HK$200,000–HK$300,000 | |
| Traveling in the Snowy Mountain | Jin Cheng | HK$50,000–HK$80,000 | |
| Beauty and Bamboo; Calligraphy in Clerical Script | Xu Cao | HK$30,000–HK$50,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Kang Youwei | Calligraphy Couplet in Xingshu | Sotheby's, Apr 2015 | ||
| Kang Youwei | Poem in Running Script | Christie's, May 2025 | ||
| Kang Youwei | Seven-character Poem in Running Script | Christie's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Kang Youwei | letters | Sotheby's, Mar 2018 | ||
| Kang Youwei | Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script | Christie's, May 2016 | ||
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