Recently, a legendary story has spread in Hangzhou about an antique collector who obtained a precious national treasure that may have belonged to the Imperial Palace for only 370,000 yuan. If it is real, its market price might be 15 million to 20 million yuan.

The treasure is a piece of an ancient Chinese painting drawn by Qian Weicheng, a famous painter in the Qian Long period of the Qing Dynasty. Qian was a master landscape painter, and this could be a piece of one of his masterpieces. If put it into an auction, the price might be even higher than 20 million yuan.

Editor: Xie Fang

Source: People's Daily Online