Rare Chinese painting sells for £10,000…over ten times its estimated price

A rare Chinese painting has sold for a staggering £10,000 at auction – ten times its original estimate

The ten-foot-wide Chinese Qing dynasty painting styled after the earlier Ming dynasty master Qiu Ying smashed its estimate to sell for £10,416.

The picture, depicting a classical Chinese scene showing pavilions, figures and boats in a river landscape, sold to a UK-based Chinese buyer.

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At over three metres in length, the framed silk panel is rendered in ink and colours.

Auctioneers were stunned the work sold so far above its high estimate of £1,000.

Qiu Ying, after whom the painting was styled, was born in 1494 in Taicang, Jiangsu in eastern China.

He is widely regarded as one of the Four Masters of Ming dynasty painting, as reported by, What’s The Jam.

Auctioneer Lindsey Braune, of The Cotswold Auction Company, Cirencester, Glos, said: “We were taken by surprise as this very striking Chinese silk panel painting soared away from its estimate.

“Chinese art works are often hard to predict at auction.

“The market for Chinese art is still buoyant and if a painting or piece of porcelain catches the eye, bidding can be fiercely contested.”

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