Fancy buying a painting once owned by emperors?

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4 年前

A 700-year-old painted scroll

is expected to fetch $10 million to $15.5 million

at Sotheby's Hong Kong

"Five Drunken Princes Returning On Horseback"

is the work of Yuan Dynasty master Ren Renfa

(SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF SOTHEBY'S ASIA, NICHOLAS CHOW, SAYING:

"This is a painting that entered the court collection in the 18th century, in the collection of Emperor Qianlong, it will have the seals of Emperor Qianlong, his son Jiaqing and further emperors of the Qing dynasty, until it was in the hands of Puyi, the last emperor, who took it out of the Forbidden City, and after that sold it on the market. And it entered various very important collections in the west.“

The six-foot-long scroll features five princes and four attendants

in a dynamic scene