Winning the seal of approval: Emperor’s stamp from Wou Kiuan collection brings £13m
A soapstone seal used by the emperor Qianlong to express his approval of paintings and calligraphy in the imperial collection sold at auction in Hong Kong for HK$131m (£13m) on April 29.
More than 60 years after it was last on the market, the so-called ‘Qianlong yulan zhi bao’ seal (‘…