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A rare Chinese calligraphy scroll by Yu Shinan from the early Tang dynasty, believed lost since 1945, recently resurfaced and was sold for US$22.6 million at an auction in Hong Kong. The piece, titled Jishi Tie or Accumulated Time Letter, fetched HK$177.45 million (US$22.6 million) at China Guardian Hong Kong’s autumn auction. A cultural expert from the Palace Museum referred to it as a "priceless classic" during a symposium in September.
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A rare Chinese calligraphy scroll, Jishi Tie by early Tang dynasty calligrapher Yu Shinan, resurfaced after being presumed lost or destroyed during the chaos of 1945. The scroll was auctioned off on Wednesday at China Guardian Hong Kong’s autumn auction in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre for a staggering HK$177.45 million (US$22.6 million). Jin Yunchang, a member of the Palace Museum’s cultural relics acquisition and appraisal committee, previously commented that the work would eventually become "priceless." The scroll's reappearance and high sale price highlight its historical and artistic significance in Chinese culture.
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Rare Chinese calligraphy scroll resurfaces after 81 years, sells for US$22.6 million
‘Priceless classic’ by early Tang dynasty calligrapher Yu Shinan is snapped up at auction in Hong Kong
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A rare work of Chinese calligraphy long presumed destroyed in the chaos of 1945 only to resurface 81 years later, fetched HK$177.45 million (US$22.6 million) in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
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The work called Jishi Tie, or Accumulated Time Letter, by early Tang dynasty (618-907) calligrapher Yu Shinan, went under the hammer at China Guardian Hong Kong’s autumn auction at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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It fetched HK$155 million at the hammer, with the final price including the buyer’s premium reaching HK$177.45 million.
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“Today, it is a valuable auction lot, while one day it will be a priceless classic,” Jin Yunchang, a member of the Palace Museum’s cultural relics acquisition and appraisal committee, said at a symposium on the work in September, according to China Guardian.
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