A COLLECTION of rare Chinese moving clocks, a Qing Dynasty brush-pot and Ming-era carved rhinoceros horns were among the highlights of a Christie's sale of Chinese imperial treasures in Hong Kong yesterday. A... ...full story at Shanghai Daily
from Shanghai Daily on Tue, May 27 2008
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