Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy

Sale Overview

On 28 October, Christie’s Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy auction presents an array of rare and important works from distinguished private collections. Highlights of the sale include Ni Zan’s River Pavilion, Mountain Colours, a seminal masterpiece with prominent exhibition and literature records; Chen Chun’s Li Bai’s Song of Xiangyang in Cursive Script, a long handscroll from the collection of the renowned Taiwanese scholar and former deputy director of the National Palace Museum, Chiang Chao-shen (1925-1996); and Wen Zhengming’s Banquet on a Snowy Night from an important Japanese private collection and previously belonged to Luo Zhengyu. The sale also features imperial works by Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Jiaqing, Emperor Xuantong and Empress Dowager Cixi, as well as paintings and calligraphy executed by Buddhist monks of the Ming and Qing period.

Special Notice
From June 2025, EU regulations 2019/880 and 2021/1079 introduce new licensing requirements and regulations relating to the import of cultural goods into the EU. We recommend clients check ahead of the sale whether the lot they wish to purchase and its import into the EU could be impacted by the regulations.

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Auction times

28 Oct 02:00 PM (HKT) Lots 601-731

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Carmen Shek Cerne (石嘉雯)

Vice President, Head of Department, Chinese Paintings | Chinese Paintings

Carmen Shek Cerne is Specialist in the Chinese Paintings Department in Hong Kong and Head of Sale for Chinese Contemporary Ink. She joined Christie’s in 2009 as part of the Associate Specialist Training Program. As part of the team Carmen focuses on client advisory and business getting in Hong Kong and overseas; she is also responsible for research and catalogue production. Prior to joining Christie’s Carmen was Assistant Curator at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum at the time when the museum first opened its doors to the public in 2005. Carmen has lived in Italy and the UK, and she graduated from University College London with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Ancient History and Social Anthropology.