The Meiyintang Chenghua sold for a world record price for Chinese porcelain.
The Clark Ding Basin
There was a world record price for a piece of Chinese porcelain today when the Meiyintang Chenghua Chicken Cup sold for US$36.05 million at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. It was bought by the Shanghai collector Mr. Liu Yiqian.
Nicolas Chow, Deputy Chairman of Sotheby’s Asia and International Head of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, presents the Meiyintang Chicken Cup
The Clark Ding Basin, a magnificently carved Dingyao basin, Northern Song dynasty, from the collection of legendary antique dealer Sakamoto Gor? sold for US$18.8 million, the second highest price for Song Ceramics at auction.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for March 14, 2014).