A section of the painting entitled 'Wood And Rock' by Song Dynasty pre-eminent scholar Su Shi (1037-1101). Photos: AFP
A nearly 1,000-year-old ink painting by Su Shi, one of China’s greatest literati masters, has proven a huge draw, fetching US$59.5 million (RM252mil) at auction.
Auction house Christie’s in Hong Kong had described the Song dynasty artwork as “one of the world’s rarest Chinese paintings”.
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