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AUCTION RESULTS THE MAGAZINE
HK$46 M Qi Baishi, "Album of Mountains and Rivers, Ink and colour on paper, 32.5 • 23.2 cm •10, 1922.
from 1934, sold for HK$7M), Ren Yi's late 19th-century
painting “Oiseaux et fleurs” (Birds and Flowers)
(HK$17.25M, the same amount as for Wang Jian's
“Paysage d’après Dong Wenmin” (Landscape after
Dong Wenmin), Fu Baoshi's A Scholar in the Mountains
(HK$13.22M) and two landscapes by Wu Hufan
(HK$9.43m and 7.47M). The paintings took the lion's
share, totalling HK$354m, outshining the pieces of
furniture, which in any case were fewer. They nevertheless
fetched the highly respectable sum of
HK$101m, with all the most important lots selling for
well above estimates. Furniture made of species that
China imported from Hainan Island, all dating from
the late Ming or early Qing Dynasty, sparked the fiercest
bidding. A Huanghuali Kang table fetched
HK$6.78m, another, from a slightly earlier period,
HK$6.32m, and a corner cabinet decorated with
carved dragons HK$8.16m. The same decor adorned a
pair of zitan cabinets from the Qianlong Period, which
a collector took home for HK$6.9m. Given the morethan-satisfactory
results, the organisers decided to
hold another series of auctions in Hong Kong next
spring. To be continued… Xavier Narbaïtz
USEFUL INFO
Where ? Hong Kong
When ? 7 October
Who ? China Guardian
How much ? HK$455 M
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