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 auction¹.

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 bidder² eventually won this momentum³ 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 porcelain⁴ vase made during the reign⁵ 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 vertical⁶ shaft⁷ 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。