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Buddhist nun stops Sotheby’s sale of $1.6 million Chinese painting
Sotheby’s said on Monday it has cancelled the sale of a Chinese painting by a top-selling artist at its auction in Hong Kong, after its ownership was challenged by a Taiwanese Buddhist nun. The 1950 painting, “Riding in the Autumn Countryside” by Zhang Daqian, was expected to fetch up to…
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