Top 12 Most Expensive Chinese Ceramics Sold at Sotheby’s in 2014

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14th Century, Blue and White ‘Fruit’ Meiping, blue and white barbed rim dish, blue and white Palace bowl, carved lobed Dingyao basin, celadon-glazed ‘Dragon’ vase, Copper-Red “Fish” Stemcup, Doucai 'Chicken Cups', Kangxi mark and period, Mark and Period of Chenghua, Mark And Period Of Xuande, Marks and Period of Yongzheng, Ming Dynasty, Northern Song dynasty, Pink-Ground Famille-Rose Vase with Poems, Seal Mark And Period Of Qianlong, The Fonthill ‘Dragon’ Jar, The Meiyintang ‘Chicken Cup', Yellow-Ground ‘Yangcai’ Vase, Yellow-Ground Blue and White 'Fruits' Tianqiuping, Yongle Period, Yuan dynasty

1 – The Meiyintang ‘Chicken Cup’. An exceptionally important and fine doucai ‘chicken cup’, Mark and period of Chenghua. Price Realized 281,240,000 HKD (US$36.500.000) setting a World Auction Record For Any Chinese Porcelain. Photo Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2014

2 – A magnificently carved lobed Dingyao basin, Northern Song Dynasty. Price Realized 281,240,000 HKD (US$18,800,000), the Second Highest Price for Song Ceramics at Auction. Photo Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2014

3 – The Fonthill ‘Dragon’ Jar. A Magnificent Carved Celadon-Glazed ‘Dragon’ Jar, Seal Mark And Period Of Qianlong. Price Realized 94,200,000 HKD (US$12,000,000), a World Auction Record For Qing Monochrome Porcelain. Photo Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2014

4 – A Magnificent Yellow-Ground ‘Yangcai’ Vase, Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong. Price Realized 57,240,000 HKD (US$7,379,953). Photo Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2014

5 – A superb blue and white Palace bowl, Mark and period of Chenghua. Price Realized 56,120,000 HKD (US$7,235,552). Photo Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2014

6 – A Fine and Rare Blue and White ‘Fruit’ Meiping, Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period. Price Realized 48,280,000 HKD (US$6,225,706). Photo Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2014

7 – The Chunzaizhai Collection. An Important And Fine Copper-Red “Fish” Stemcup, Mark And Period Of Xuande. Price Realized 43,800,000 HKD (US$5,647,134). Photo Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2014

8 – An Extremely Rare Yellow-Ground Blue and White ‘Fruits’ Tianqiuping. Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong. Price Realized 41,560,000 HKD (US$5,359,162). Photo Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2014

9 – A Fine and Rare Pair of Doucai ‘Chicken Cups’. Marks and Period of Yongzheng. Price Realized 33,160,000 HKD (US$4,275,982). Photo Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2014

10 – A rare molded blue and white barbed rim dish, Yuan dynasty, 14th century. Price Realized 32,585,404 HKD (US$4,197,000 ). Photo Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s New York, 18-19 March 2014

11 – A Fine and Rare Pink-Ground Famille-Rose Vase with Poems. Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong. Price Realized 19,720,000 HKD (US$2,542,894). Photo Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2014

12 – A fine and rare celadon-glazed ‘Dragon’ vase, Kangxi mark and period. Price Realized 17,710,432 HKD (US$2,285,000). Photo Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s New York, 16 September 2014