HONG KONG.- Christie’s will begin its first Hong Kong Asian Art Week in 2025 with two carefully curated sales: Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy on 31 April, and Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings on 1 May.

As the auction house of reference for prestigious collections worldwide, Christie’s Hong Kong will showcase fresh-to-market and rare artworks covering a wide range of subject matters and timeline from numerous exceptional private collections in the two Chinese Paintings auctions. These esteemed collections include selections from the Poon Family Collection, the collection of Singapore Bai Hong Lou Master Tan Keng Cheow, as well as properties formerly from the C. C. Wang Family Collection and the collection of Harold Wong; alongside two important Japanese collections of rare Chinese Classical paintings.

Offering an extraordinary selection of over 300 remarkable and timeless masterpieces amassed by celebrated connoisseurs, these two live auctions showcase the immense value of the masterpieces and the history of collecting Chinese paintings and calligraphy through Christie’s renowned global platform.

FINE CHINESE CLASSICAL PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY | 30 APRIL

Property of a Distinguished Japanese Private Collector

JIN NONG
Landscape in Style of the Tang and Song Masters
Album of eight leaves, ink and colour on gold paper
Each leaf measures 19.5 × 13.8 cm. (7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Estimate: HK$2,000,000-3,000,000

Selections from the Poon Family Collection

WANG DUO (1592-1652) Calligraphy in Cursive Script
Hanging scroll, ink on satin
170.5 × 53.5 cm. (66 7/8 × 21 1/8 in.)
Estimate: HK$4,000,000-6,000,000

Selections from the Poon Family Collection

ZHU YUNMING (1460-1526), WANG DUO (1592-1652) AND OTHERS
Album of Small Standard Script Calligraphy
Album of eight fan leaves, ink on gold paper
Each measures approx. 16 × 46.5 cm. (6 1/4 × 18 3/8 in.)
Estimate: HK$3,000,000-5,000,000

From a Prominent Japanese Private Collection

WANG HUI (1632-1717) Admiring the Waterfall
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
115 × 58 cm. (45 1/4 × 22 7/8 in.)
Dated 1699
Estimate: HK$3,000,000-5,000,000

The Chinese Painting Collection of Harold Wong

DONG QICHANG (1555-1636) Secluded Residence in Autumn Forest
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
251 × 148 cm. (98 % × 58 % in.)
Estimate: HK$2,000,000-3,000,000

FINE CHINESE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY INK PAINTINGS | 1 MAY

Property from a Private Asian Collection

HUANG ZHOU (1925-1997) Thinking of Chairmon Moo
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and colour on paper
189.7 × 140.9 cm. (74 % × 55 % in.)
Dated 1976
Estimate: HK$3,000,000-5,000,000

Property from an Important Private Southeast Asian Collection

XU BEIHONG (1895-1953) Heavenly Horse Golloping across the Sky
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
99 × 54.5 cm, (39 × 211/2 in.)
Dated 1948
Estimate: HK$3,000,000-5,000,000

From The Collection of Singapore Bai Hong Lou Master Tan Keng Cheow

HUANG DANSHO (1900-1955) Blue Landscope
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
134.7 × 34 cm, (53 × 13 V/in)
Dased 1952
Estimate: HK$1,200,000-2,500,000

From The Collection of Singapore Bai Hong Lou Master Tan Keng Cheow

HUANG DANSHO (1900-1955) Peaches & Flycatcher
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
90.3 × 46.5 cm. (351/2 × 10 V/in)
Estimate: HK$1,000,000-2,000,000

Lin Fengmian Paintings from the Van Roosbroeck Family Collection

LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991) Lotus Lontern
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
67 × 65.8 cm. (26 % × 25 % in.)
Estimate: HK$1,800,000-2,800,000

The Chinese Painting Collection of Harold Wong

ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983) Dark Orogen Ridge
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
141 × 74 cm (551/2 × 291/2 in)
Dated 1965
Estimate: HK$1,800,000-2,800,000