Chinese art raises $34m at London sale
By Zhang Haizhou, Zhang Chunyan and Lin Qi | China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-13 07:59
Auction beats Sotheby's previous record of $32.55m set in 2008
LONDON / BEIJING - Auction house Sotheby's broke its record for Chinese art sales on Wednesday.
The roughly six-hour auction of 343 Chinese ceramics and art works, including an 800-year-old vase and a dragon seal used by Emperor Jiaqing (1796-1820), realized a total value of 20.8 million pounds ($34 million), nearly double the pre-sale estimate of 11 million pounds.
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