Wang Meng painting auction for $62 million – Arts & Entertainment

www.china.org.cn — The spring auction season continues with a robust Asian sale series in China. An wash painting of mountains and waters by Yuan Dynasty painter Wang Meng (1301 - 1385) set an auction record at 402.5 million yuan (US$62.11 million) on Saturday night.

The hanging scroll "Zhichuan Resettlement" portrays medical scientist of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 AD - 420 AD), Ge Hong, moving his home to the Luofu Mountain for alchemy.The picture has been handed down for six centuries. It is the most expensive one in the history of Chinese artworks auction.

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