Sale 2387
Hong Kong
|
26 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 81,250
Estimate
CHENG SHIFA (1921-2007) Lady and Birds Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper 40.6 x 34 cm. (16 x 13 3/8 in.) Inscribed with a poem and signed, with two seals of the artist
Contact Client Service
info@christies.com
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
infoasia@christies.com
Asia +852 2760 1766
US$6,500-9,000
A special sale in Hong Kong that embarks on an artistic journey from Su Shi through a millennium of Chinese history
Specialist Chi Fan Tsang on an imperial vase that resembles a scroll painting in the way the landscape unfurls
As this 1,000-year-old Ru tea bowl comes to auction in Hong Kong, we look at the evolution of the grey-green ware from Yue to Yaozhou to Ru
As Chinese Ceramics specialist Joan Ho explains, when it comes to porcelain, not all blues are the same
How one of Mexico’s greatest artists collaborated with a family of printers to create a brand new printing technique
The competitive but loving bond between the two artists is explored in Alberto and Diego Giacometti: Masters of Design