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 Synthese hivernale C 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 Zao sold for five times its estimated price, while Synthese hivernale C'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.