Museum doubts artwork
By Wang Jie |
January 7, 2012, Saturday
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THE Shanghai Museum has questioned the authenticity of a calligraphy work sold for 140 million yuan (US$22.1 million) in south China's city of Guangzhou last month.
The museum claims the original by Emperor Song Huizong (1082-1135) is in its own collection.
"I'd never heard that two identical pieces by Emperor Huizong existed anywhere," said Shan Guolin, director of the museum's calligraphy department.
But Liu Molin, director at Guangzhou-based auction House, Zhonghan Qinghua Auction House dismissed this.
"Shanghai Museum has a scroll, and the other is an album. These are two different forms."
The museum claims the original by Emperor Song Huizong (1082-1135) is in its own collection.
"I'd never heard that two identical pieces by Emperor Huizong existed anywhere," said Shan Guolin, director of the museum's calligraphy department.
But Liu Molin, director at Guangzhou-based auction House, Zhonghan Qinghua Auction House dismissed this.
"Shanghai Museum has a scroll, and the other is an album. These are two different forms."
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