A 900-year-old ceramic bowl has sold U.S. $ 26.65 million

A 900-year-old ceramic bowl has sold U.S. $ 26.65 million or around Rp 140 billion at the auction house Sotheby's, Hong Kong. An unnamed buyer has a new record in the historical purchases in Asia.

The bowl comes from the Song Dynasty, a dynasty that ruled China in the period 960 to 1279, before the country was invaded by the Mongols.



In addition to the bowl, in the five-day auction, Sotheby's also offers wine, jewelery, Asian and Chinese art, ceramics, as well as watches. All the goods are sold for U.S. $ 319 million, well above initial estimates.

Bowl from the Song Dynasty was the most expensive auction items sold at an international auction, the auction period spring Asia in Hong Kong, which dijelar Shoteby. Enough 15 minutes to bowl over 900 years old it could be sold for three times the initial estimate.

Before this bowl sales, record the highest price the property of a vase sold at the same auction house for U.S. $ 8.6 million, four years ago.

Most expensive bowl worth hundreds of billions that are not as deep as a bowl now. Approximately depth as in hand washing bowl. This is because mangkun made ​​exclusively for the kingdom, which is used to wash the calligraphy brush maker. 

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