Of all the things that one could leave behind on a train, a €1 million 13th-century Chinese scroll is probably one of the most excruciating options. Yet, according to the Telegraph, this is precisely ...
Art collecting has always been an international affair. Works made in one place are often sought after by people living in another. Many of the greatest American Pop artworks of the 1960s are in ...
As Su Shi's "Wood and Rock" goes to auction, we are reminded that the discussion of genuine and fake paintings is ever-present in Chinese art history. From a technical perspective, the label “fake” is ...
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 record ...
For the downright dazzling opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, world-famous film director Zhang Yimou utilized the form of a basic painting scroll as the quintessential backdrop for his ...
Illustration detail of “Wood and Rock” scroll by Su Shi (image courtesy Christie’s) Having smashed records in its New York auction of the Salvator Mundi, Christie’s intends to capitalize on its market ...
An extremely rare, 11th-century Chinese scroll could set an auction price record for an Asian artwork, when it goes on the block at Christie’s November Hong Kong sale. Estimated in excess of HK$400 ...
Jamie Kelly, left, and Tina Gessler roll up a recently restored Chinse scroll painting of the Madonna and Child at the Field Museum in Chicago, Ill. MCT photo CHICAGO — As a pair of conservators at ...
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).
The "Qingming Shang He Tu" or "Scenes along the River during the Qingming Festival" by Zhang Zeduan is a reproduction, with footnotes, of the classic Chinese scroll. (MCT) MCT A Chinese treasure, the ...
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 of art ...