A painting by modern Chinese artist Huang Zhou was sold on Monday night at a Beijing auction for 128.8 million yuan (21 million U.S. dollars).
现代中国画家黄胄的一幅画周一晚上在北京拍卖会上以1.288亿元（2100万美元）的价格被卖出 。

Gaiety in the Grassland, an ink and color masterpiece measuring 360 cm by 142 cm, started the auction with a price of 13 million yuan at 7:45 p.m. on Monday at the Poly Auction House.
《欢腾的草原》这幅墨彩杰作长360厘米宽142厘米，于周一下午7:45在保利拍卖行以13万元的价格起拍。

It increased to 112 million yuan with 35 rounds of bidding within eight minutes. Adding the commission, the knockdown price was 128.8 million yuan.
拍卖价在八分钟内历经35轮竞价，增加至112万元。加上佣金，成交价格为1.288亿元人民币。

More than 60 buyers expressed intent to purchase the painting, and the high transaction price shows the Chinese art market is warming up, said Zhao Xu, executive director of the Poly International Auction Co. Ltd.
保利国际拍卖有限公司执行董事赵旭说表示，60多个买家表达了购买意向，以及如此高的成交价显示了中国艺术品市场正在预热。

Gaiety in the Grassland, which depicts a horse wrestling in the far western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was painted by Huang in 1981 when he was 56. He passed away in 1997.
《欢腾的草原》是黄胄在1981年创作的，当时他56岁，该画描绘了一匹在遥远的西部新疆维吾尔自治区进行角力的马。黄胄去世于1997年。

Chinese modern and contemporary paintings have become new favorites for global art investors in recent years. Auctioned in October at Hong Kong Sotheby's, a painting by Chinese contemporary artist Zeng Fanzhi went for 23.2 million U.S. dollars.
近年来，中国现代和当代绘画已经成为全球艺术品投资者的新宠。十月在香港苏富比拍卖会上，中国当代艺术家曾梵志的一幅画拍卖价达到2320万美元。