10 Most Expensive Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Artworks in 2011

Updated: 2012-02-15 17:42

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徐悲鸿《九州无事乐耕耘》 XuBeihong: (Enjoy Cultivation in Peaceful Society)

Transaction price: 266.8million yuan

Date of sale: 2011-12-05

Auction house: Beijing Poly Auction

On December 5, 2011, XuBeihong’s painting Enjoy Cultivation in Peaceful Society auctioned at a price of 266.8m yuan ($42.37m USD) according to the auction house Beijing Poly. It broke the record of the price of XuBeihong’s works. Xu painted it as a witness of the friendship between him and GuoMoruo (or Kuo Mo-jo).

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