Zhang Daqian's Self Portrait in the Yellow Mountains. (Click on image to enlarge).
Fu Baoshi - Boating Under the Willows (click on image to enlarge).
Zhang Daqian’s Self-Portrait in the Yellow Mountains was the top lot at Sotheby’s sale of fine Chinese paintings in Hong Kong. It made 5.9 million US dollars.
The second most expensive lot was Fu Baoshi’s Boating under the Willows which sold for 3.9 million US dollars. The sale brought in 94.7 million US dollars and far exceeded the pre-sale estimate.
In 2010 Zhang Daqian was the fourth highest selling artist in the world.
See post on antiquesandartireland.com for April 7, 2011.