Chinese artwork sells for record price of $77m
The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) painter Wu Bin's long scroll Ten Views of a Fantastic Rock was sold for 512.9 million yuan ($76.6 million) at the 15th Anniversary Celebration of Beijing Poly Auction on Sunday, marking the highest auction price for ancient Chinese artworks.
Ancient Chinese calligraphy works and paintings were fetched a total price of 1.08 billion yuan during the day's auction events.
