FU BAOSHI, GATHERING IN LANTING (detail), Handscroll, 估价待询, 20,160,000 (RMB). © Christie's Images Ltd. 2007

BEIJING.-Forever International Auction Company Limited (Forever) held its 2007 Autumn auction in Beijing recenlty and realized over US$9,816,576 (RMB73,624,320) in total sales, the second highest total since Forever's inaugural auctions in 2005 when it first licensed the Christie's brand.

The star lot, a long hand scroll entitled 'Gathering in Lanting' by Fu Baoshi (1904-1965), sold for a remarkable US$2,688,000 (RMB 20,160,000), after enthusiastic bidding. Another work by Fu Baoshi - 'Du Fu's Poetic Sentiment' - was also the top lot at Forever's Autumn sales last year, and was sold for US$1,400,000 (RMB11,200,000).

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