HANGZHOU, China, July 26, 2017 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--
A few days ago, an eye-catching bronze 'Xi Jia' Pan (823 B.C.) was sold at Xiling Yinshe Auction (www.xlysauc.com) with a remarkable price of RMB 212.75 million ($31.5 million, commission included), setting a new record for Chinese works of art in China.
'Xi Jia' Pan, with as many as 133 characters of inscription, is the only existing bronze from the Western Zhou Dynasty collected by the royal family of Southern Song Dynasty. Wang Guowei, a famous modern Chinese scholar, held it of greater importance than 'Mao Gong' Ding (Duke Mao Tripod), which is treasured in the "National Palace Museum" in Taipei. According to Wang, 'Xi Jia' Pan's original owner Yin Jifu was not only a great politician and military strategist, but also the collector and compiler of Shijing (Book of Songs), China's earliest collection of Chinese poetry.
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