Chinese painting sets record at Beijing auction

Three Chinese classical paintings grossed 663 million yuan ($96 million) at a Beijing auction Sunday night.

The top lot is Five Drunken Kings Return on Horses by Ren Renfa, a prominent painter of horses and also a high-ranking official in charge of water controls in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368).

The 2-meter-long color hand scroll fetched 303 million yuan, claiming the record for the highest paid Chinese artwork at auction this year.

The painting exemplifies Ren‘s master techniques of portraying animals and figures. It was cataloged in Shi Qu Bao Ji, an inventory of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)‘s imperial collections.

It was later transported abroad and acquired by German-born collector Walter Hochstadter (1914-2007). After his death, the Hochstadter family sold it for HK$46 million at a Christie‘s auction in Hong Kong in 2009. The painting aroused heated bidding last night in Beijing Poly Auction‘s autumn sales.

中国画刷新了记录在北京的拍卖会

3幅中国古典画拍卖出6630万元(960万美元)在一个星期天的晚上的北京的拍卖会.

最贵的一幅是任仁发的<五王醉归途卷>,作者是一个杰出的画家和马术师,也在水利控制方面担任高官在元朝.

长达2米的彩色画卷卖出了3030万元,夺走了今年中国最贵的艺术品的记录.

这副画体现了任大师的动物和人物的描绘技术,它被收录在石渠宝笈,一个清代的皇家收藏中.

后来它流失在国外,一个德国籍的收藏家 Walter Hochstadter手中.在他逝世之后,Hochstadter家人以460万美元的价格在2009的香港Christie拍卖会上卖出.接着这幅画引起了激烈的竞价在昨晚的北京的Poly Auction的秋季拍卖会.

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