COLLECTING CHINESE ANTIQUITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE `CHICKEN CUP' AS CASE STUDY - TAASA Review December 2018

COLLECTING CHINESE ANTIQUITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE `CHICKEN CUP’ AS CASE STUDY – TAASA Review December 2018

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This article was originally found in the December 2018 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 12).

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Yifang Cui S otheby’s Hong Kong issued a press release on 8 April 2014 on the conclusion of its Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Spring Sales.

The headline stated The Meiyintang Chenghua "Chicken Cup", sold for HK$281.24 million/ US$36.05 million to the Shanghai Collector Mr Liu Yiqian', followed byWorld Auction Record for Chinese Porcelain’ (Sotheby’s online, accessed 8 July 2018).

Meiyintang is a famous European collection now partly housed in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich...