700-year-old Chinese scroll sells for £30.5 million in Hong Kong

A Sotheby’s employee presents the Chinese scroll Five Drunken Princes Returning on Horseback (Vincent Yu/AP)

A 700-year-old Chinese painted scroll from the Yuan Dynasty fetched 306.6 million Hong Kong dollars (£30.5 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong.

The 6.6-feet scroll, titled Five Drunken Princes Returning on Horseback, is by Ren Renfa, a renowned Chinese artist and government official.