Christie's Hong Kong closed the Chinese painting sessions of its autumn Asian art week with a total of HK$230.14 million, as a 1699 album by Bada Shanren sold for HK$61.9 million. The two sessions, ancient Chinese paintings on 27 October and modern and contemporary Chinese paintings on 28 October, offered 252 lots between them, of which 197 sold, a sell-through rate of 78.17%. Two lots passed HK$10 million and seven passed HK$5 million.

The top lot was Bada Shanren's Album of Flowers and Birds, painted in 1699 when the artist was seventy-three. The ink-on-paper album comprises twelve leaves, each measuring 30.5 by 27.5 centimetres, and carried an estimate of HK$12 million to HK$18 million. It opened at HK$50 million on the hammer and closed at HK$61.9 million, accounting for almost 58% of its session's total. The ancient paintings session offered 78 lots, of which 53 sold for HK$106.8 million. The modern and contemporary session was led by Li Keran's Clearing Mist and Sailing Shadows, which sold for HK$12.8 million.

The scale of the week was slightly smaller than the spring equivalent, when 268 lots were offered, 216 sold and the total reached HK$259.6 million, but bidding remained competitive. Eighty lots in the modern and contemporary session sold above their high estimates, more than half of that session's sold lots, and 98 lots across the two sessions beat their high estimates, about half of everything sold. Christie's Asia Pacific vice-chairman Eric Chang was among the bidders, entering the contest for the Bada Shanren album by telephone at HK$24 million.

The result continues a pattern in which a single masterwork carries the Chinese painting market. In autumn 2025, Ni Zan's Riverside Pavilion in Autumn sold for HK$159.95 million, and in spring 2026 Wang Shouren's calligraphy reached HK$63.94 million. The autumn week, held from 26 to 30 October at The Henderson, marked Christie's 260th anniversary and its 40th year in Asia, with eight sessions across the week.