A porcelain cup known as a "chicken cup" because of its decorations fetched $36 million at a Sotherby's auction in Hong Kong on Tuesday. The buyer was Shanghai billionaire Liu Yiqian. [Photo/Xinhua]
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Ming Dynasty 'chicken cup' sells for record US$36 mln
An 8.2-centimeter-tall porcelain cup from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) fetched a staggering HK$281.24 million at an auction in Hong Kong on Tuesday, setting a new record for Chinese porcelain at auction.
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