Stanley Ho Purchased Bronze Horse’s Head for 8.84 mn

Bronze Horse’s Head

Days back when the news of auction of peerless bronze horse’s head at Sotheby’s auction house scheduled on 9 October invited eyeballs, it no-more reside at Sotheby’s auction house. But it has been picked by the Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho.

He purchased the bronze horse head of Haiyantang in the Yuanmingyuan (or Summer Palace) for $8.84 million. Ho pre-purchased the piece and bestowed it to China. This purchase is a record-setting moment for any Chinese.

This entry was posted by author: Zolamarquis on Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 at 10:58 am and is filed under Art, Auctions, Luxury, Worlds Most Expensive, You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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