# Duo Wang artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/duo-wang/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:49:11.627Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Death date: 1652-04-28
- Nationality: Chinese
- Common media: Calligraphy, Painting

## Portrait

![Duo Wang](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/%E7%8E%8B%E9%93%8E.jpg)
王铎 · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E7%8E%8B%E9%93%8E.jpg

## About Duo Wang

Wang Duo (1592–1652), presented on this page under the input name Duo Wang, was a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and poet associated with the closing decades of the Ming dynasty and the transition into the Qing period. Library and authority records preserve numerous versions of his name, including Wang Duo, Duo Wang, Wang Do, Do Wang, Juesi, and Ō Taku. That variation matters when matching catalogues, collection records, and auction listings. He was associated with Mengjin in present-day Henan and is identified in the collected sources as both a scholar-official and a practitioner of calligraphy and painting. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter his name in connection with Chinese calligraphic works, paintings, or catalogued material attributed to his historical period. Because transliteration and name order vary across languages, reliable identification should reconcile the artist's dates, cultural context, medium, and authority records rather than relying on the displayed name alone.

## Common works and media

Works encountered under Wang Duo's name are most plausibly catalogued as Chinese calligraphy or painting. Records may use reversed name order or alternate romanizations, including Duo Wang, Wang Do, Do Wang, Juesi, and Ō Taku. The available source pack does not establish specific recurring subjects, formats, print editions, sculpture, ceramics, or poster production, so those categories should not be assumed without object-level evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work associated with Wang Duo begins with identity and attribution. His name appears in several romanized forms, so catalogue descriptions and inscriptions should be reconciled with authority records and the artist's 1592–1652 lifespan. Work type also matters: the collected biographical sources identify both calligraphy and painting, while historical dating may place an object in a late-Ming or early-Qing context. Comparable public auction records can be useful when they match the medium, attribution level, date, and type of work. The collected pack, however, did not provide accessible major-auction-house lot details or verified realized prices. It therefore supports general classification and entity matching, but not a price prediction or claim about market direction.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identity and authority records with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are publicly available and can be matched reliably.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702609
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500333216
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/57452746/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82270501
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Duo_(Ming_dynasty)
- Wikipedia: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E9%90%B8
- Wikipedia: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E9%90%B8_(%E5%A4%A9%E5%95%93%E9%80%B2%E5%A3%AB)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/duo-wang/