{"id":19108,"date":"2014-04-11T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randian.art\/?p=19108"},"modified":"2024-01-02T11:20:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T11:20:49","slug":"liu-yiqian-acquires-antique-chicken-cup-for-usd36-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randian.art\/zh-hant\/liu-yiqian-acquires-antique-chicken-cup-for-usd36-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Liu Yiqian acquires Antique \u201cChicken Cup\u201d for USD36 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The billionaire Chinese businessman and art collector Liu Yiqian this week exchanged 281.2 million Hong Kong Dollars (US$36 million) for a 500-year old Ming dynasty wine cup. The cup, painted with chickens, cockerels and chicks, is from the Chenghua period (1465 to 1487), and is one of only 16 \u201cchicken cups\u201d in the world. Its sale at Sotheby\u2019s Hong Kong is that of one of the most expensive Chinese cultural relics ever at auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liu Yiqian has just opened the second branch of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.randian-online.com\/np_feature\/art-in-the-age-of-mass-production-is-the-long-museum-just-another-museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Long Museum in Shanghai<\/a>, built to house and exhibit his expansive collection of antique and contemporary Chinese art and artifacts; he told the Wall Street Journal \u201cWhy do you all care so much about the price [of the cup]? I bought it only because I like it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/liu-yiqian-pays-millions-for-ming-era-chicken-cup-2014-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Business Insider<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.randian-online.com\/np_market\/liu-yiqian-acquires-antique-chicken-cup-for-usd36-million\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/ming-dynasty-chicken-cup-smashes-record-in-36-million-sale\/article17871595\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Globe and Mail (Reuters)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.randian-online.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ap410376148024-e1397123457913.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.randian-online.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ap410376148024-e1397123457913.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38147\" title=\"ap410376148024\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The billionaire Chinese businessman and  &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randian.art\/zh-hant\/liu-yiqian-acquires-antique-chicken-cup-for-usd36-million\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[12909,12908,12910,12911,5980,12912,6860,12913,5987,12914,12915,5321],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - 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