Works by a pair of Chinese artists have sold for the highest prices achieved for the painters' work outside Asia. Paintings by Chu Teh-Chun and Zao Wou-Ki, known as two of the "five Musketeers" of Chinese art, sold for €5.2m ($5.9m) and €4.6m respectively at an auction in Paris. The figures were well over the predicted prices for the works. Chu's Synthese hivernale C sold for Three times its estimated price, while Zao's piece, 24.1.61/62, sold for four times.
Works by a pair of Chinese artists have sold for the highest prices achieved for the painters' work outside Asia. Paintings by Chu Teh-Chun and Zao Wou-Ki, known as two of the "Three Musketeers" of Chinese art, sold for €5.2m ($5.9m) and €4.6m respectively at an auction in Paris. The figures were well over the predicted prices for the works. Chu's Synthese hivernale C sold for five times its estimated price, while Zao's piece, 24.1.61/62, sold for four times.