It’s called the chicken cup because it’s got chickens painted on it. The world’s highest priced birds, in fact. The cup fetched $36.1-million, including commission, at Sotheby’s spring auction in Hong Kong. Described as the “the holy grail when it comes to Chinese art,” the cup set a record for Chinese porcelain.
It was bought by self-made multimillionaire Liu Yiqian for his museum in Shanghai