At 414 million RMB, it may be the most expensive painting in Chinese auction history

On the evening of June 6, Xu Yang, a famous court painter of the Qing Dynasty, sold for a sky-high price of 414 million yuan at Poly’s spring auction. This price set a record for the most expensive Chinese painting in the world so far this year, and it is also the third most expensive Chinese ancient calligraphy and painting ever.

What kind of historical history is behind the “Pingding Western Regions Prisoner Sacrifice Map”? Why is it that after hundreds of years, this painting can still be frantically sought after by famous artists? Let’s open the bookmark about that history and listen to why there is such a lively historical past in the painting.