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Artist Xu Beihong s Slave and Lion painting to fetch over $45 mn at Hong Kong auction
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Artist Xu Beihong s Slave and Lion painting to fetch over $45 mn at Hong Kong auctionReuters
Last Updated: Apr 19, 2021, 06:57 PM IST
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The painting was sold in 2006 at $6.9 mn, record at the time for a Chinese oil painting.
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The story behind the Slave and Lion painting is rooted in Roman mythology, according to Christie s presentation.
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HONG KONG: Auction house Christie s unveiled on Monday what it called the highest-estimated Asian artwork to ever go under the hammer, a Xu Beihong painting called Slave and Lion, which it expects to fetch between $45 million and $58 million.