The Hong Kong auction, which will feature ink paintings, calligraphy and classical Chinese furniture, marks the first time a Chinese auction house will compete with Sotheby's and Christie's on their home turf.
These are not images but artifacts: Reproduction flattens them, and tends to erase the archaeology of the page, how it was constructed through crevices (the stylus marks) and relief (the build-up of ink and white heightening).