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Chinese Paintings and Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art
Christie’s Autumn 2023 Auction Season in Hong Kong offered a diverse curation of Asian Art, featuring esteemed private collections of outstanding quality and provenance. Rare Chinese ceramics and works of art, as well as fresh-to-market Chinese paintings spanning from the 8th to 19th centuries, were among the season’s offerings. Collectors responded passionately to the exceptional quality and artistic significance of these sales, demonstrating the strength of the Asian Art market.
We are now accepting consignments for our 2024 Spring Auctions and we welcome you to request an auction estimate online or contact us to arrange a free and confidential valuation.
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Sale Series
Christie’s Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art department achieved a combined sale total of HK$912M / US$118M in 2023, achieved highest annual sale total since 2018. On 30 November, Christie’s Hong Kong presented a series of two live Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art and The Tianminlou Collection achieved a sale total of HK$524M / US$67.5M. Retaining market leadership, the sale saw a remarkable 138% hammer against low estimate, 46% of lots sold over high estimate, and 42% of new buyers were millennials.
The Tianminlou Collection – one of the world’s most renowned single-owner collections of Chinese porcelain – was presented in a dedicated auction at Christie’s Hong Kong, realising a total of HK$260,440,000 / US$33,550,532. The sale was close to 90% sold by lot. Amongst the Yuan, Ming, and Qing masterpieces offered, the top lot was a highly coveted, rare-to-market Yuan Dynasty blue and white meiping and cover, which realised HK$67,775,000 / US$8,736,896 and incited extremely competitive bidding.
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A magnificent fine and extremely rare underglaze-blue and copper-red-decorated ‘dragon’ tianqiuping, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735) 20 in (51 cm) high. Sold for HK$56,035,000 on 30 November 2023 at Christie’s in Hong Kong
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A fine magnificent and exceptional blue and white ‘peony scroll’ meiping and cover, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) 175⁄8 in (44.7 cm) overall height. Sold for HK$67,775,000 on 30 November 2023 at Christie’s in Hong Kong.
Chinese Paintings Sale Series
Christie’s Hong Kong presented two live auctions Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings and Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, which achieved a combined total of HK$393,982,000 (US$50,678,850), and contributed to the second highest Hong Kong autumn sale total for the category in Asia since 2018. Amongst the masterpieces offered, the top lot was Wu Guanzhong’s A Hill City which realised HK$43,935,000 (US$5,665,989) and was sold to an online bidder.
This season, Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy saw Millennials comprise 50% of new buyers, demonstrating the high desirability and value of these extraordinary Chinese paintings amongst the younger generation.
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Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010), A hill city 137 x 67.5 cm (537⁄8 x 265⁄8 in). Sold for HK$43,935,000 on 1 December 2023 at Christie’s in Hong Kong
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Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), Cursive script calligraphy 38.5 x 850 cm (15¼ x 3345⁄8 in). Dated summer, guiwei year (1523). Sold for HK$24,575,000 on 2 December 2023 at Christie’s in Hong Kong
Interested to consign?
We are now accepting consignments for our 2024 Spring Auctions and we welcome you to request an auction estimate online or contact us to arrange a free and confidential valuation.
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Hong Kong
Kim Yu (Chinese Paintings)
chinesepaintings@christies.com
+852 2978 6723
Marco Almeida (Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art)
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+852 2760 1766
Taiwan
Joanne Cheng (Chinese Paintings)
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+886 2 2736 3356
Ruben Lien (Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art)
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North America
Sophia Zhou (Chinese Paintings)
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+1 212 641 5760
Vicki Paloympis (Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art)
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London
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Paris
Tiphaine Nicoul (Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art)
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+33 140 768 375
Zheng Ma (Chinese Paintings)
zma@christies.com
+33 140 768 367
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