Emperor Qianlong's personal inkstone leaves its $20,000-30,000 estimate in the dust as it sells to a private buyer for $1.2m (£769,250) at Christie’s on September 15.

The little 6 1/2in (16cm) carved wood zitan covered box containing a clay inkstone formed as a recumbent tiger, dates to the Wu Xu year of the reign of the Emperor Qianlong (1778) ...

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