Australian Artists: Ten Highest Prices Achieved at Auction in the Current Year

Ratio	Price	Estimate
77.72	A$393,600	$3,000-5,000	Hui, Attributed, Wang Landscape Ink on paper, framed, inscribed and bearing signature of Wang Hui, with two seals of the artist, and four collectors' seals, dated bingyin year (1686)
72.80	A$295,200	$2,000-4,000	Nong, Attributed, Jin Bamboo Ink on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and signed Jin Nong, with two seals of the artist, and a collector's seal of Li Ruiqi (circa 1872-1941), title-slip inscribed by Li Ruiqi with one seal
49.40	A$50,400	$600-1,000	Rodius, Charles Miniature Portrait of Mrs Sophie Wiseman Paint on ivory, inscribed in ink to verso, black lacquer frame of the period and signed and dated 1833 to the sleeve of the lady's dress
29.75	A$123,000	$2,000-4,000	Hongshou, Attributed, Chen Calligraphy in Running Script Ink on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and signed Hongshou, with two seals of the artist and one seal of a collector
16.22	A$861,000	$30,000-50,000	Dai, Yue Still life Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and signed Yue Dai, with multiple seals of the artist, and dedicated to Liu Lin (15th/ 16th century), dated 29th year of Jiajing reign (1550)
13.32	A$17,182	$800-1,200	Vale, May Red Flowering Gum Oil on card, signed lower right: May Vale
12.78	A$34,440	$1,500-2,500	Thornhill, Dorothy Neoclassical Nudes, 1932 Oil on canvas, signed lower right: 'D.Thornhill' dedicated verso: 'to my dear Frank, who suffered in the making of it, Best love, Dorothy, 4.1.32'
11.30	A$98,400	$5,000-8,000	Yiya, Zhu Landscape Ink on paper, hand scroll, inscribed and signed Yiya, with three seals, Colophon inscribed by Yiya, with two seals, dated guisi year of the Wanli reign (1593)
9.76	A$86,100	$5,000-8,000	Yuanlu, Ni Calligraphy in Running Style Ink on silk, hanging scroll, inscribed and signed Yuanlu with two seals of the artist, and one seal of a collector, dated spring of wuchen year (1628)
8.99	A$79,950	$6,000-8,000	Yin, Attributed, Tang Lady and Child Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and bearing signature of Tang Yin with two seals, and a dedication, with various collectors' seals, title-slip inscribed

Ratio

Price

Estimate

Details

77.72

A$393,600

$3,000-5,000

Hui, Attributed, Wang

Landscape

Ink on paper, framed, inscribed and bearing signature of Wang Hui, with two seals of the artist, and four collectors' seals, dated bingyin year (1686)

72.80

A$295,200

$2,000-4,000

Nong, Attributed, Jin

Bamboo

Ink on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and signed Jin Nong, with two seals of the artist, and a collector's seal of Li Ruiqi (circa 1872-1941), title-slip inscribed by Li Ruiqi with one seal

49.40

A$50,400

$600-1,000

Rodius, Charles

Miniature Portrait of Mrs Sophie Wiseman

Paint on ivory, inscribed in ink to verso, black lacquer frame of the period and signed and dated 1833 to the sleeve of the lady's dress

29.75

A$123,000

$2,000-4,000

Hongshou, Attributed, Chen

Calligraphy in Running Script

Ink on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and signed Hongshou, with two seals of the artist and one seal of a collector

16.22

A$861,000

$30,000-50,000

Dai, Yue

Still life

Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and signed Yue Dai, with multiple seals of the artist, and dedicated to Liu Lin (15th/ 16th century), dated 29th year of Jiajing reign (1550)

13.32

A$17,182

$800-1,200

Vale, May

Red Flowering Gum

Oil on card, signed lower right: May Vale

12.78

A$34,440

$1,500-2,500

Thornhill, Dorothy