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A Storm in a Chicken Cup: A Burgeoning Market

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dc.contributor.authorKrischer, Olivieren_AU
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T23:21:34Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2016-06-14T09:15:48Z
dc.description.abstractSOTHEBY’S HAS A US$1.6 million dollar limit per credit card transaction. So it took the Shanghainese billionaire Liu Yiqian 刘益谦 twenty-four swipes of his Amex card to purchase one of the most sought-after pieces of Chinese porcelain in the world: a Ming-dynasty teacup decorated with a delicate painting of chickens. While the payment was going through at the auction house in Hong Kong in late July 2014, Liu picked up the US$36 million cup, poured some tea into it and took a sip. The photo of him drinking from the cup ignited a storm of criticism in China, where he was accused of vanity, vulgarity, risking damage to the cup and ostentation. ‘Emperor Qianlong has used it,’ he said. ‘Now I’ve used it. I just wanted to see how it felt.’en_AU
dc.format.extent3 pagesen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-925022933en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/103973
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherANU Press
dc.relation.isversionof1st Editionen_AU
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyrighten_AU
dc.sourceShared Destinyen_AU
dc.titleA Storm in a Chicken Cup: A Burgeoning Marketen_AU
dc.typeBook chapteren_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access via publisher websiteen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage203en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationCanberra, ACT, Australiaen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage201en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationKrischer, Olivier, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidKrischer, Olivier, u5421704en_AU
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.description.refereedYesen_AU
local.identifier.absfor169903 - Studies of Asian Societyen_AU
local.identifier.absfor190104 - Visual Culturesen_AU
local.identifier.absseo950502 - Understanding Asia's Past
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5557297xPUB123en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://press.anu.edu.au/en_AU
local.type.statusMetadata onlyen_AU

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