Gianguan Auctions Spring Sale breaks world record for Chinese Contemporary artist Dr. Yuhua Shouzhi Wang
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Gianguan Auctions Spring Sale breaks world record for Chinese Contemporary artist Dr. Yuhua Shouzhi Wang
Yuhua Shouzhi Wang, Pomegranates in Bamboo Basket sold for $1,270,000.



NEW YORK, NY.- On Monday, March 18, Dr. Yuhua Shouzhi Wang’s “Pomegranates in Bamboo Basket” commanded $1,270,000 at Gianguan Auctions. The sale, to one of four bidders in the gallery, set a world record price for the Chinese contemporary artist. The masterpiece led a strong slate of traditional art, porcelains and carved jades, all of which reached or exceeded their pre-sale estimates.

Dr. Wang’s framed ink-and-color on paper, 27" X 18"”, has been called a blending of “realism” and “rejection-of-perspective painting” by Professor Stephen Fasin of the Royal Academy of Arts. Its immediate charm lies in the fluidity of line that delivers a naturalistic composition of fruit and green branches as contrast to a monochromatic basket with handle. The work is inscribed “Pomegranates” and has one artist seal. It was painted in the United States. Dr. Wang, formerly a professor at the Humanities College of Auburn University, is currently Acting Curator at the American Museum of International Art in San Francisco, where her works reside in the permanent collection.

Other headliners of the day include “Bamboo Groove” (Birthday Offerings) by Zheng Xie (Banqiao) (1693-1765) . The scroll painting with two artist seals, dated 1756, and signed Banqiao Zheng Xie, proves the ongoing strength of Qing Dynasty aesthetics at $65,000.

Meanwhile, a modern work entitled “Shrimps” by Qi Baishi (1864-1957) made $60,000. The naturalistic painting of seven free swimmers epitomizes the artist’s light-heartedness that modernized the gongbi style of classical Chinese painting.

A startling work by Wu Chamagshuo (1844-1927) that set “Peony and Narcissus” atop and at the foot of rockery achieved $42,500.

Among the Buddhist art, a rare a seated Guanyin by He Chaozong, the Ming potter renown for working in the style of the Dehua kilns, brought $40,000. Bearing a blanc-de-chine glaze, the work portrays the deity in dhyanasana on a plinth of lohans and lotus blossoms. Its fingers, raised in abaya mudra, are long and delicately shaped, an indiction of male energy. The eyes and smile exude the serenity of meditation. A distinctive cowl hugs the head and is seemingly unique among similar works by He Chaozong.

Of the decorative porcelains, a deep blue glazed bowl carved in relief with lotus pond motifs in reverse white captured buyers’ interest. The 7 “ wide bowl with an interior center medallion of a boldly painted lotus bouquet and an exterior of fish swimming among fluttering aquatic plants fetched $40,000.

For the complete post-auction results please access arttron.net, invaluable.com or liveauctioneers.com. The prices quoted above do not include the 18% buyers premium.

With a growing international reputation for offering fine Chinese properties and votive art at accessible prices, Gianguan Auctions’ next scheduled sale will take place in June. To consign, please contact the gallery at info@gianguanauctions. The June catalog will be available at www.gianguanauctions.com in mid-May.










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