# Zhao Zhiqian - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-26T11:54:04.777Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 95
- Lots with prices: 59
- First auction date: 2002-10-27
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-01
- Median realised price: $69,310
- Price range: $150 to $10,539,000

## Market Takeaway
Zhao Zhiqian has 95 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $69,310. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($69,310\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($10,000 to $504,000\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 6.8% (4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 16.9% (10 sales)
- $10,000\+: 76.3% (45 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 11
- Recent 12 months median: $850
- Previous 12 months median: $56,700
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-01
- Days since latest sale: 206
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 40 lots
- Bonhams: 19 lots
- Sotheby's: 11 lots
- Golden State Auction Gallery: 5 lots
- Mega International Auction: 4 lots
- Arcimboldo Auctions: 2 lots
- China Arts Auction: 2 lots
- California Asian Art Auction Gallery USA: 1 lots
- Freeman's \| Hindman: 1 lots
- Fukuoka Yumekai Auction: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-01 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN, LOQUAT PAINTING, HANGING SCROLL, INSCRIBED BY HUA SHIKUI, HUANG MIAOZI, ZHU QIZHAN AND SHEN YINMO. | Mega International Auction | $850 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-zhao-zhiqian-loquat-painting-hanging-scroll-inscribed-by-hua-shikui-huang-miaozi-zhu-qizhan-and-shen-yinmo-96965-c-d6fd1688d6
2. 2025-10-28 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\) Calligraphy in Running Script, 1869 | Bonhams | HK$520,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-zhao-zhiqian-1829-1884-calligraphy-in-running-script-1869-641-c-1f00abc44f
3. 2025-07-26 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN, FRAGRANT SPRING BREEZE, HANGING SCROLL, FINE MOUNTING | Mega International Auction | N/A
4. 2025-06-28 | Zhao Zhiqian\(1829\-1884\): Calligraphy, Ex\-Wang Jingzhi Collection | California Asian Art Auction Gallery USA | N/A
5. 2025-06-28 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN, GOOD SCENERY AND FRAGRANCE, HANGING SCROLL | Mega International Auction | $750
6. 2025-05-31 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN, FLOWER SCREEN, VERTICAL SCROLL | Mega International Auction | N/A
7. 2025-05-14 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\). Lotus Root, Grapes and Loquat. Round fan leaf, mo | Christie's | HK$56,700
8. 2025-04-30 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\). Seven\-Character Calligraphic Couplet in Running S | Christie's | HK$504,000
9. 2024-11-29 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\) Letter to Yongchun | Bonhams | HK$16,000
10. 2024-11-28 | zhao zhiqian, calligraphy couplets | Fukuoka Yumekai Auction | ¥10,000
11. 2024-11-27 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\). Peach Blossom / Pumpkin. Folding fan, ink and col | Christie's | N/A
12. 2024-11-27 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\). Calligraphy in Clerical Script. Handscroll, ink o | Christie's | HK$3,150,000
13. 2024-11-27 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\). Calligraphic Couplet. A pair of hanging scrolls, | Christie's | N/A
14. 2024-06-15 | Zhao Zhiqian\(1829\-1884\) | Golden State Auction Gallery | $1,800
15. 2024-06-01 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\) Peonies，1873 | Bonhams | N/A
16. 2024-06-01 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\) Calligraphic Couplet A pair of hanging scrolls, in | Christie's | HK$189,000
17. 2024-06-01 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\) Lilies Fan leaf mounted as hanging scroll, ink and | Christie's | N/A
18. 2023-12-30 | Zhao Zhiqian\(1829\-1884\), | Golden State Auction Gallery | N/A
19. 2023-12-28 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN, ATTRIBUTED TO, CALLIGRAPHY COUPLETS | China Arts Auction | $600
20. 2023-12-17 | Zhao Zhiqian, Running Script Couplet 趙之謙, 行書對聯 | Johhan Auction | N/A
21. 2023-12-02 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\) \- Calligraphic Couplet in Clerical Script | Christie's | HK$441,000
22. 2023-11-11 | Zhao zhiqian Flower and Bird | SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL AUCTION PTE LTD. | $3,000
23. 2023-10-26 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\) Bonsai, Champignon et Main de Bouddha, 1865 | Bonhams | N/A
24. 2023-06-01 | ZHAO ZHIQIAN \(1829\-1884\) Classics in Standard Script Album of twelve leaves | Christie's | HK$10,539,000

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