Chinese Master's 1,000-Year-Old Scroll Fetches $59 Million
- Work fails to set new Asian auction art record at Christie’s
- One of only two known by Su Shi, often compared to Da Vinci
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 at auction.
The work depicting a withered tree, new bamboo shoots and a rock was sold Monday night to a client bidding by telephone through Rebecca Wei, president of Christie’s Asia. The auction house had estimated the work would sell for about HK$400 million, excluding buyer’s premium added to the hammer price.