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Auction result
Insect Lovers
Xia Junna (Chinese, b. 1971) · 1995
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate NT$1,600,000 – NT$2,800,000 (≈ $49,744 – $87,052) (≈ £30,447 – £53,282) (≈ €33,013 – €57,773)
Offered at Ravenel and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 162 x 130 cm
- Auction house
- Ravenel
- Sale
- Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei (78f37187-5142-4534-8551-38fc6ccfdfe9)
- Date
- December 6, 2009
- Location
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Lot
- 76
- Estimate
- NT$1,600,000 – NT$2,800,000 (≈ $49,744 – $87,052) (≈ £30,447 – £53,282) (≈ €33,013 – €57,773)
- Source
- Auction house ravenelart.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2006 and 2009 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Dec 3, 2006 · Ravenel
Ravenel Autumn Auction 2006, lot 97
Sold NT$2,006,000Sign up to see · est. NT$2,200,000 – NT$3,200,000
As catalogued
Xia Junna, “Insect Lovers”, 1995
Oil on canvas
162 x 130 cm
Dec 6, 2009 · Ravenel this result
Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei, lot 76
Bought in / unsold · est. NT$1,600,000 – NT$2,800,000
As catalogued
Xia Junna, “Insect Lovers”, 1995
Oil on canvas
162 x 130 cm
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 99%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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