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Culture Insider: Rare porcelains with high prices

( Chinaculture.org ) Updated: 2014-12-04 07:00:04

Doucai "chicken cup" from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

Price: 222 million yuan ($36 million)

Date: July 12, 2005

Auction house: Christies Auction House

The tiny cup, painted with roosters, hens and chicks, is considered a testament to the quality of porcelain making in during the Chenghua Emperor's reign.

Culture Insider: Rare porcelains with high prices

[Photo provided to China Daily]

 
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