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Top 5 Chinese painting & calligraphy works sold at auction(3)

2011-11-16 16:34    Ecns.cn     Web Editor: Zhang Chan
Ba People Fetching Water by Xu Beihong

"Ba People Fetching Water" by Xu Beihong

3) "Ba People Fetching Water" by Xu Beihong

Xu Beihong's 1938 painting "Ba People Fetching Water" was sold for 171 million yuan (US$25.8 million) by Beijing's Hanhai Auction Co. on Nov. 15, 2010. Xu was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province.

The sale ended a record year for this sector of the Chinese art market, which is devoted to paintings executed in the modern era but in a traditional Chinese style. The painting has been hailed as one of Xu's finest works, which perfectly reflects the time and the people during the Anti-Japanese War.