A 700-year-old Chinese painted scroll sold for nearly $42 million at an auction in Hong Kong. According to Sotheby’s, the piece of art fetched 306.6 million Hong Kong dollars ($41.8 million).

A 1,000-year-old Chinese scroll rendered by the era’s most important artist sold for HK$463 million ($59 million), falling short of expectations that it would set a new Asian record for a work ...

The sale, comprising more than 500 lots, includes predominantly Chinese decorative arts and paintings, but also features artwork from Japan, Korea, the Himalayas and South and Southeast Asia. Many of ...

The trade war between the U.S. and China rages on but it did not spoil the mood of bidders taking part in a fine classical Chinese paintings auction in Hong Kong as an ancient scroll sold for a ...

A rare 18th-century scroll has become one of the most expensive Chinese artworks ever to sell at auction. The 61-foot-long artwork fetched 414 million yuan (almost $65 million) when it went under ...

The newly added art pieces include a scroll by Gu Qiao and a fan by an anonymous 12th-century Chinese artist ... A painting by Andrew Morton and a decorative vase designed by William De ...

so a recent protracted battle over a 14th century Chinese calligraphy scroll was all the more remarkable for coming four years into a market downturn. Rao Jie’s 700-year-old, six-metre long ...

Typically, a Chinese scroll painting would be stored rolled ... Art gained a new prominence in public life with large, decorative and colourful pieces becoming popular. Calligraphy and brushwork ...

In 2017, Saleroom reported that a 20th century Chinese scroll attributed to Fu Baoshi had sold in Sydney for $3.17 million on an estimate of $5000 to $8000. In June, Bonhams’ London head office ...

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A rare 18th-century scroll has become one of the most expensive Chinese artworks ever to sell at auction. The 61-foot-long artwork fetched 414 million yuan (almost $65 million) when it went under ...

HONG KONG (AP) — A 700-year-old Chinese painted scroll from the Yuan Dynasty fetched 306.6 million Hong Kong dollars ($41.8 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong. The 6.6-feet scroll ...