AKIPRESS.COM - A bronze Chinese dish about 2,000 years old has fetched a record price at auction, South China Morning Post reports.
The vessel dating from the Western Zhou dynasty (1046BC-771BC) was sold in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province on Saturday for 185 million yuan (US$27.3 million), according to the news website Cankaoxiaoxi.com.
The price set a new record for “Chinese antique art”, according to media reports.
Three people competed for the piece, including a local well-known art collector, the news website said.
The collector won the auction, but said he was bidding on behalf of an unnamed friend.