Chinese ’Chicken Cup’ sells for £19.6 million at auction

A rare wine cup fired in the imperial kilns of China’s Ming dynasty more than 500 years ago sells for £19.6 million at a Sotheby’s sale in Hong Kong, making it one of the most expensive Chinese cultural relics ever auctioned. A Shanghai collector bought a rare Ming Dynasty cup that’s touted as the “holy grail“ of China’s art world for £19.6 million at a Hong Kong auction on Tuesday, smashing the previous world record price for Chinese porcelain. Sotheby’s said Liu Yiqian was the winning bidde