Xie Zheng Auction Prices and Value Guide

Xie Zheng auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 402 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Xie Zheng auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Xie Zheng
Source records
402
Market update
2026-02-16

Xie Zheng market snapshot

Xie Zheng shows thin auction liquidity with 4 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $185,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2015-03-17.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $10,000+ (100.0% · 3 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2015-03-17

Artist context

About Xie Zheng

Xie Zheng portrait
葉衍蘭 · Public domain · Source

Born

1693

Died

1766

Nationality

Chinese

Also known as

Zheng Xie, Zheng Banqiao, Zheng Panqiao, Banqiao

Xie Zheng is the input name form for the Qing-dynasty Chinese painter, calligrapher, poet, and official more commonly normalized by authority records as Zheng Xie. He is also widely known as Zheng Banqiao, after the art name Banqiao, while Kerou was his courtesy name. Zheng progressed through the imperial examination system and served as a magistrate in Shandong before leaving official life and concentrating on artistic work. He is associated with the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, a group remembered for distinctive approaches outside more conventional painting practice. Collected sources particularly connect his work with bamboo, orchids, and rocks, as well as calligraphy. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on paintings, calligraphic works, inscriptions, and catalog records under several romanizations and Chinese-character forms. Careful name reconciliation matters because Xie Zheng and Zheng Xie reverse the order of the same personal and family names, while Banqiao appears frequently as an alternate identity.

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Common works and media

Collectors may encounter paintings and calligraphic works attributed to Zheng Xie or Zheng Banqiao, including compositions associated with bamboo, orchids, and rocks. Catalog entries may combine a painted subject with inscriptions or calligraphy and may identify the artist through Chinese characters, seals, the name Banqiao, or variant romanizations. Each object's authorship, date, materials, mounting, condition, and provenance must be assessed individually.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal begins by confirming that a work cataloged as Xie Zheng, Zheng Xie, or Zheng Banqiao refers to the same historical artist. Chinese characters, seals, inscriptions, documented ownership, and catalog history can be especially important where multiple romanizations appear. Relevant comparisons should distinguish paintings from calligraphic works and account for subject matter, date, dimensions, mounting, condition, and the strength of attribution. Bamboo, orchid, and rock subjects have documented associations with Zheng Xie, but subject alone does not authenticate a work. Public auction records can provide sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when sufficiently similar examples are available. The collected source pack does not contain lot-level evidence, so it cannot support a price prediction or market-trend claim.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Chinese paintings
  • Chinese calligraphy

Value drivers

  1. Attribution and reconciliation of signatures, seals, Chinese characters, and alternate name forms
  2. Whether the object is a painting, a calligraphic work, or combines both practices
  3. Subject matter, including documented associations with bamboo, orchids, and rocks
  4. Documented date and consistency with the artist's Qing-dynasty lifetime
  5. Comparable public auction records, sale dates, and realized prices when suitable records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack supplies an aggregate auction-record signal but no individual lot descriptions, conditions, provenance histories, sale dates, or realized prices, so it does not support a price trend or value prediction.
  • The input name uses Xie Zheng, while authority records prefer Zheng Xie; auction records should be checked for name-order errors and unrelated namesakes before comparison.
  • Attribution, authenticity, seals, inscriptions, provenance, condition, dimensions, and mounting require object-specific examination and are not established by an artist-name match.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

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Recent sale records

Selected public auction records currently in the Appraisily lot index. Use them as market context, then request a formal appraisal before you sell, insure, or donate.

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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 Xie Zheng

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Xie Zheng 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 Xie Zheng artwork?

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