Works by a pair of Chinese artists have sold for the highest prices ever 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 € ##2 m ( $ 5.9 m ) and € ##1 m respectively at an auction in 2008 . 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 , [UNK] , sold for four cents .
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.