Lian Ju Auction Prices and Value Guide

Lian Ju auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 192 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Lian Ju auction prices: quick answer

Lian Ju auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Lian Ju
Source records
192
Market update
2026-02-06

Lian Ju market snapshot

Lian Ju shows limited auction liquidity with 0 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $0. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. No recent auction date is available.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%

Artist context

About Lian Ju

Born

1828

Died

1904

Nationality

Chinese

Also known as

Ju Lian, Chu Lien, 居廉

Lian Ju is the name order used on this Appraisily page for the Chinese painter represented in international authority files as Ju Lian (1828–1904). Wikidata also records Chu Lien, while VIAF connects Ju Lian and the Chinese name 居廉 across library and museum authority records. He came from Panyu, now part of Guangzhou, and worked during the Qing dynasty. Public biographical summaries associate him especially with bird-and-flower painting, while also noting figures and plant-and-insect subjects. These themes place his work in the context of late Qing Chinese painting rather than a documented modern Western movement. Collectors may encounter his work under reversed name order, different Romanizations, or Chinese characters, making careful identity matching especially important. Appraisily’s collected auction index currently associates 192 records with the public name Lian Ju, although every object still requires independent assessment of attribution and catalogue details.

PaintingBirds and flowersFiguresPlants and insects

Common works and media

Works associated with Ju Lian commonly appear as paintings of birds and flowers, figures, and detailed plant-and-insect subjects. The collected sources do not establish which supports, techniques, or formats predominate. A listing therefore should not be normalized to ink, watercolor, hanging scroll, album leaf, or another specific medium or format without evidence from the object and its catalogue record.

Market and appraisal context

Market evidence in the collected source pack is broad rather than lot-specific: Appraisily associates 192 records with this artist page, but the fetched page did not expose individual results. For appraisal, the catalogue name—Lian Ju, Ju Lian, Chu Lien, or 居廉—should first be reconciled with the authority-file identity. Subject matter can then help determine whether a work fits the documented repertoire of bird-and-flower, figure, or plant-and-insect painting. Any value conclusion should rely on the specific object’s stated medium, format, dimensions, condition, inscriptions or seals, provenance, attribution language, sale date, realized price, and genuinely comparable public lots. The available evidence does not support a price trend or forecast.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Chinese paintings
  • Bird-and-flower paintings
  • Figure, plant, and insect paintings

Value drivers

  1. Correct identity matching across the catalogue names Lian Ju, Ju Lian, Chu Lien, and 居廉
  2. Subject matter and its relationship to the documented bird-and-flower, figure, and plant-and-insect repertoire
  3. Object-level attribution, medium, format, dimensions, condition, inscriptions or seals, provenance, sale date, realized price, and comparability with public auction lots

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected market signal contains an aggregate record count but no readable lot-level results, so it does not support a price trend or forecast.
  • Authority-file identity matching does not authenticate an individual object.
  • Specific techniques, supports, formats, inscriptions, provenance, condition, and attribution must be verified from the individual work and its catalogue record.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Lian Ju

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Lian Ju worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

Can Appraisily value my Lian Ju artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.