A collection of 12 beautiful landscapes produced by Qi Baishi, the ink-brush master artist of modern China, grossed 931.5 million yuan at a Beijing auction.
日前，在北京的一场拍卖会上，中国现代水墨艺术大师齐白石创作的一套12幅优美风景画拍出了总价9.315亿元的高价。
The price set a new record for any piece of Chinese artwork sold at auction worldwide.
这一价格刷新了中国艺术品在全球范围内拍卖的纪录。
The fierce bidding race began at 450 million yuan, and a telephone bidder eventually won this momentum body of Qi's work.
这场激烈的竞价比赛起价为4.5亿元，而最终一位电话竞拍者赢得了齐白石的这一杰作。

The price also promotes Qi to be the first Chinese artist whose work has been sold for more than $100 million at auction.
该价格也使得齐白石成为首位在拍卖会上作品售价超过1亿美元的中国艺术家。
In 2010, an 18th-century famille porcelain vase made during the reign of Qing Emperor Qianlong fetched 43 million pounds at an auction in London.
2010年，清朝乾隆年间的一件18世纪粉彩瓷花瓶在伦敦的一次拍卖会上拍出了4300万英镑的价格。
Titled Twelve Landscape Screens, each of the paintings is framed in a vertical shaft of 1.8 meters long. Painted in 1925, they each show a lively natural scene with an elegant palette.
齐白石的这一画作名为《山水十二条屏》，每屏画作都被装裱在长1.8米的立轴中。该作品创作于1925年，每屏画作都以优雅的配色展现出一片栩栩如生的自然风光。