Christie's Auction House is planning its spring auction and it's already preparing a preview for the upcoming show. Through most of May, a selection of
works for the auction will be shown in cities around Asia, including Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Bangkok and Singapore. Here are a few of the items that will be auctioned.
The previews will be held in Singapore on April 27 and 28 at the Grand Hyatt; in Bangkok on May 3 and 4 at the Four Seasons Hotel; in Shanghai on May 12 and 13 at the Portman Ritz-Carlton; in Beijing on May 15 and 16 at the Ritz-Carlton; in Taipei on May 19 and 20 at the Fubon Life Assurance Building; and then in Hong Kong on May 25 and 26 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Zhang Xiaogang, "La Vie Continue"(detail),
1988, oil on canvas, 129×99cm
Estimate: HK $1,800,000 - 2,500,000 / Us$230,800 - 320,500
Wu Guanzhong, "Northern Landscape"(detail),
1973, oil on panel, 71.5×160cm
Xu Beihong, "Portrait of a Lady", 1939, oil on canvas,136.5×98cm
Estimate: HK$20,000,000-25,000,000 / US$2,564,100-3,205,100
Yue Minjun, "Portrait of the Artist and His Friends" ,
1991, oil on canvas, 187×198cm.
Estimate: HK$3,500,000-5,500,000 / US$448,700-705,100
Fu Baoshi, "Listening to the Lute",
1947, inked and coloured on a small fan leaf
Estimate: RMB150,000-200,000 / US$19,405-25,875
Li Kuchan, "Eagles and Pine Tree", 143×357 cm
Estimate: RMB5,000,000-6,000,000 / US$646,830-776,200
Russel Wong, "Bamboo Forest", photography
Estimate: HK$65,000-95,000 / US$8,400-12,200
Le Mayeur, "Women around the Lotus Pond", 150×200 cm
Estimate: HK$8,000,000-10,000,000 / US$1,120,000-1,282,100
Le Pho, "Mother and Her 3 Children"(detail),
gouache on silk, 72×35cm
Estimate: HK$800,000-1,000,000 / US$102,600,000-128,200
ANONYMOUS, "Studio in the Mountain",
hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, 142.5×64cm
Estimate: HK$600,000-800,000 / US$77,400,000-103,200
An Extremely Rare and Exquisitely Enamelled Famille Rose ' Butterfly' Double-gourd Vase
Qianlong Sealmark and of the Period(1736-1795), 23cm high

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