Scroll sets record for Chinese work of art
BEIJING auctioneers Poly established a new milestone for Chinese art on June 3 selling a 38ft (15m) long calligraphic hand scroll by a Song Dynasty master for RMB390m ($57.4m) plus 12 per cent buyer's premium.
The longest extant calligraphic hand scroll by Huang Tingjian (1045-1105) - generally regarded as th…