Doucai "chicken cup" from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Price: 222 million yuan ($36 million)
Date: July 12, 2005
Auction house: Christies Auction House
The tiny cup, painted with roosters, hens and chicks, is considered a testament to the quality of porcelain making in during the Chenghua Emperor's reign.
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