At 8 pm may 22, the auction named THE Night OF CHERISHed CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY was held in BEIJING by JIADE Auction Company. It is the first auction about ancient and modern calligraphy and drawing held by JIADE Auction Company at night. The turnover was more than 1 thousand million Yuan in the auction. THE HIGHT PINE AND SEAL COUPLET was the most outstanding art work in the auction. It was the largest one in the works painted by QIBAISHI. The price of this work was started from 88 million Yuan. After half an hour and 50 times continuous auctions, it was bought by an inland collector by 425.5 million Yuan. It made the new record in modern painting auction.
Mrs. GUOTONG, the president OF JIADE auction company, said that QIBAISHI is an artist who has the most wide and deep influence in Chinese modern paint history. His painting has influenced millions of people in modern time. And he is also honored, understood and loved by both domestic and overseas. The result of this piece of work shows that modern art works stepped on a new level in auction field. It is a record like a notable landmark. It is inevitable and desirable.
THE HIGHT PINE AND SEAL COUPLET is the largest piece in QIBAISHI's paintings and calligraphies. The art work is 266 cm long and 100 cm wide. The seal couplet is 264.5 cm long, and 65.8 cm wide, the meaning of words is peace region over the land, life longevity. This piece of work is a masterpiece of QIBAISHI. pine and eagle are the usually things in the paintings of MR QI， chinese people often use eagle to represent hero, it means powerful. And pine means long life for person. It can be known from the inscription of the art work that this piece of work was drawn by Mr. QI in 1946 when he was 86 years old. It is the mature stage of his creation. at this stage the artist had high creative desire and painted many pieces of art works. The artist showed his good wish that the country and nation would developed in peace way and wish the humankind would have peace region over the land, life longevity' just like what he wrote in the couplet. This piece of art work came back into mainland from an American collector in 2005, it attract vast attentions of collectors at home and abroad by this shown. When the auction offered the price in 88 million Yuan, the price was added to 100 million directly by one bidder. And then there were several competitions by the bidders in the counter and over the counter with phone. After nearly half an hour and 50 times price competition, one bidder won the competition by the price of 425.5 million. This made the modern calligraphy and drawing stepped on a new level.
On the other hand, the other piece of art work named flower-and-bird 4 screens drawn by QIBAISHI was sold in the price of 92 million Yuan. And one art of HUANGZHOU named DREEAGE FIGURE is only 26 square feet was sold for 60.375million. And the price is the highest in the artist's art works' trading. About the ancient calligraphy and drawing, XIAO-FA-LIAN-HUA-JING wrote by empire QIANLONG was sold for 55.775 million. HUAN YANG HILL MAN HOLDING QIN AND WASHING TONG drawn by Daicang was sold for 32.775 million Yuan. The most famous facsimile copy of THE COPY OF FUCHUN MOUNTAIN DRAWN BY HANGZIJIU was sold for 7.475 million Yuan.
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