The late Chinese artist Zhang Daiqian saw impressive auction results this week during both Christie’s and Sotheby’s auctions of contemporary Asian art in Hong Kong. Daiqian’s Lotus work, consisting of four painted scrolls more than five feet high, sold for five times its estimate at $10.4 million during Christie’s auction yesterday. In addition, an auction dedicated solely to works by Daiqian reached $42 Million in sales at Sotheby’s on Monday. Zhang currently stands as one of the top-selling artists at auction worldwide.
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