Treasure trove

A preview of Beijing Hanhai 2008 Spring Auction is running at the Jingguang Center Hotel, Beijing. On display are over 2,000 artworks in eight categories. The highlights are master painter Xu Beihong's 1932 depiction of an eagle, a blue-and-white porcelain that features lotus flowers, frolicking children and a smaller revolving vessel within, and a huge oil portrait of young ladies in the 1920s created by veteran artist Chen Yifei. These artworks will go under the hammer in the same place on May 10-11.

10 am -5 pm, until May 9

3/F, Banquet Hall, Jingguang Center Hotel Beijing, Hujialou, Chaoyang District

6597-8888

(China Daily 05/09/2008 page22)