Lot 3603. Liu Dan (B. 1953), Taihu Rock of the Forbidden City, signed Jinling Liu Dan (Liu Dan from Nanjing), inscribed and with one seal of the artist; ink on paper, framed; 58.4 by 83.8 cm., 23 by 33 in. Executed in 2013. Estimate 450,000 — 550,000...

For decades stories circulated among art historians of a mothballed Qing Dynasty retreat within the Forbidden City, the imperial behemoth with 8,700 rooms that anchors the Chinese capital. Word eventually reached the World Monuments Fund, a nonprofit...

Lot 601. An important and very significant pair of imperial bronze altar vases, Qianlong six-character cast marks in a line within a panel and of the period (1736-1795); 19 7/8 in. (50.5 cm.) high (2) - Estimate : $600,000 - $800,000. Unsold. © Christie's...