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HONG KONG: An ink painting dating back nearly 1,000 years, made by one of the greatest masters of Chinese literature, Su Shi, grossed $ 59.5 million at auction, announced Christie's Monday, November 26th.
The auction house described the art work of the Song Dynasty created by Su as "one of the rarest Chinese paintings in the world".
Entitled "Wood and Rock", the paper-on-paper scroll represents an old dragon-like tree with faded branches and a pointed rock resting at its root.
The painting was the most expensive item ever sold in Christie's Asia, he said.
Su Shi, also known as Su Dongpo, is one of the most important cultural figures of Chinese history. He was a renowned scholar, a poet, a prose writer, a painter, a calligrapher and a statesman.
The 185.5 cm long scroll is engraved with calligraphy and poems by four important eleventh-century scholars in China, and carries the seals of 41 collectors.
"The number of works that are allocated to it in a secure way is very small, probably two or three." It is extremely rare, "said Jonathan Stone, vice president of Christie's Asian Arts Department, in a previous overview. .
In 2010, "Dizhuming", a Chinese calligraphy scroll of Huang Tingjian – Su Shi's student – is sold for 64 million US dollars to Beijing's Poly Auction.
Hong Kong auction houses have seen Asian buyers in recent years, with sales of diamonds, paintings and old ceramics breaking world records.
A 10-meter-long triptych entitled "June-October 1985" by Zao Wou-Ki – one of the most prominent Chinese painters of the twentieth century – yielded $ 65 million to Sotheby's Hong Kong in September.
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