Nicolas Chow, Vice Chairman of Sotheby's Asia, presented a bowl of the Song dynasty in China, dated September 28, 2017. (AFP / ANTHONY WALLACE)
A 1,000-year-old bowl of the Song Dynasty relic in China sold for 37.7 million US dollars, Wednesday (3/10/2017).
The price is almost equivalent to Rp 512 billion is a record-breaking porcelain sales from China.
The sale took place during the auction of Sotheby's Chinese Works of Art Autumn Sales in Hong Kong.
Sotheby's auction house revealed the information was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
The small object that dates from 960-1127, broke the previous record of 36.05 million US dollar.
The sale occurred in 2014 for a Ming Dynasty wine cup sold to a Shanghai conglomerate.
In Chinese history, the Song Dynasty began in 960 and ended in 1279.
Song Dynasty consists of Northern Song (960-1127), and Southern Song (1127-1279).
With a prosperous economy and an advanced culture, the period was regarded as another golden period, other than the Tang Dynasty in 618-907.
