Rare Song Dynasty painting sells for $675K, setting Heritage Auctions Asian art record
Rare Song Dynasty painting sells for $675K, setting Heritage Auctions Asian art record Chinese School, After Li Song (Song Dynasty), Riders on Horseback, Song Dynasty. Handscroll, ink and color on silk, 44 x 10-1/2 inches. DALLAS, TX .- An extremely rare painting from the Song Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.) of polo players riding donkeys soared to $675,000 to lead Heritage Auctions' Fine & Decorative Asian Art Auction to $1,337,455 in sales Dec. 11. The lot accounted for just over half of the total result from the auction, and set a record for the highest price ever paid for any lot sold in Heritage...
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