:Two highlights that dominated Christie's September 20 sale of
fine Chinese ceramics and works of art - a rare Fourteenth
Century painting by Wang Meng, "Fishing in Green Depths," and a
sublime Persian-inscribed Sixteenth Century vase. Each of the
works of art achieved $1,696,000.
The sale broke all previous records in the field, totaling $14.5
million, the highest result ever for a various-owner sale of
Chinese art in New York.
Theow Tow, deputy chairman and international director, Chinese
art, said, "The sale continued the upward movement that has
characterized the Chinese art market for the past seasons. Not
only did the auction realize the highest total ever for a
various-owner sale of Chinese art in New York, it also further
underlined the extraordinary inter-nationalization of the art
market."
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