A long ink-on-satin scroll by the Ming-dynasty calligrapher Wang Duo is heading back to the saleroom in Hong Kong. Six Verses in Cursive Script will be offered at Christie's on 27 October 2026, carrying an estimate of $637,100 to $891,900, equivalent to HK$5 million to HK$7 million. The work measures 26.2 by 492 centimetres and is written in the free-flowing cursive hand for which Wang Duo is best remembered. The scroll last changed hands at auction in 2012, when it sold at Christie's for $1.01 million. The new low estimate sits roughly 37 percent below that earlier result, even though it is 64 percent higher than the low estimate attached to the work at its previous outing. The gap between the two figures frames the lot as a test of how appetite for classical Chinese calligraphy has shifted over the intervening fourteen years. Wang Duo, who lived from 1592 to 1652, is regarded as one of the most expressive calligraphers of the late Ming period, known for large-scale cursive compositions that push characters toward abstraction. His work has long appealed to collectors who value the physical energy of the brush as much as the literary content of the text. The scroll appears in Christie's Hong Kong autumn season, where classical Chinese paintings and calligraphy traditionally draw bids from collectors in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The result will offer a fresh data point on whether top-tier Ming calligraphy has held its value through a cooler period for the broader Chinese art market.