The thousand-year-old ancient bowl sold a record price of VND 850 billion

On October 3, a 1,000-year-old ancient bowl was bought at a record price of $ 37.7 million (about VND 850 billion) in an Sotheby's auction held in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. (China).

The 1,000-year-old antique bowl was bought with a record price of $ 37.7 million.(Photo: Getty).

According to the organizers, the bowl was crafted from the Northern Song Dynasty (Northern Song) of China, during the period of 960-1127. The bowl is 13cm in diameter and covered with glossy blue enamel.

This is considered one of the rare surviving ceramic artifacts of this dynasty. Its selling price has set a new record for Chinese ceramics, far exceeding the previous record of a drinking glass of the Ming Dynasty for $ 36.05 million in 2014.

The starting price of the bowl is only 10.2 million USD and the auction time for this artifact lasts about 20 minutes. The new owner of the bowl traded over the phone and asked to remain anonymous.