A rare Ming Dynasty wine cup described as the 'holy grail' of Chinese art has sold for £20million - smashing the previous world record price for porcelain. Liu Yiqian, an 'eccentric' multimillionaire ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn — Her age is just a number. Ruth Widener has the energy and attitude of someone decades younger. "I may be 97, almost 98, but I've still got work to be done," she said. The work Ruth ...

A 500-year-old cup, which measures only eight centimeters (3.1 in) and is daintily decorated with images of hens and chicks, was purchased by Shanghai collector Liu Yiqian for $36.3 million during an ...

A rare Ming-era Chinese wine cup, one of only 19 known to exist, could fetch US$38 million or more when it is auctioned in Hong Kong tomorrow. The small white porcelain cup, decorated with a colour ...

Shanghai-based art collector Liu Yiqian recently spent $36.3 million on a tiny porcelain cup with a humble chicken painted on its surface. But for many in China, the most shocking thing wasn't the ...