HONG KONG.- Tiancheng International Auctioneer Limited will offer Monumental Head of Pierre de Wissant (Pierre de Wissant, tête colossale), a bronze head sculpture in colossal form by the legendary Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) at Tiancheng International’s inaugural auction on November 28th in Hong Kong. Monumental Head of Pierre de Wissant is an enlarged cast of the head of one of the figures from Rodin’s famous Monument to the Burghers of Calais, one of the greatest works of public art of the nineteenth century. The latter, signifying patriotism and heroism, depicts six burghers from Calais, a town in the north of France, who volunteered to sacrifice their lives to save their homeland during England’s invasion in 1347. Pierre de Wissant was one of the burghers and Rodin’s rendition of him was considered as the most moving and popular. Monumental Head of Pierre de Wissant was recognized as a