Su Shi

Rare piece of artwork by Su Shi auctioned for US$59.2m

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Thursday, December 27, 2018
Chinese people, Song dynasty, Su Shi, Dynasties in Chinese history, Su Dongpo, Dongpo

BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by China.org.cn on the rare piece of artwork by Su Shi auctioned for US$59.2m:

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  • BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by China.org.cn on the rare piece of artwork by Su Shi auctioned for US$59.2m:
    The scroll entitled "Wood and Rock" by Su Shi was sold for HK$463.6 million (US$59.2 million) at Christie's Hong Kong Autumn Sale 2018on November 26.
  • In order to understand the reason behind the staggering value of this artwork, we need to go back to the artist Su Shi (alias Su Dongpo), also a writer and scholar from the Chinese Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).
  • Su Shi was listed as one of the 12 most influential characters living around the year 1000 by LeMondeof France in 2000.
  • We are looking forward to sharing more interesting stories of Su Shi together with other distinguished historical scholars in the near future.