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The auction room -- standing room only -- broke into applause when the hammer finally went down. On sale was a tiny, white cup decorated with chickens, and the buyer was a prolific art collector from Shanghai, Liu Yiqian. 当拍卖槌最终落下时，站满人的拍卖室里爆发出了热烈的掌声。来自中国上海的收藏家刘益谦家中已有不少收藏，他拍下了这只绘有小鸡图案的白色小杯。 At a price of HK$281.24 million ($36.05 million), it was a record sale for auction house Sotheby's -- the highest price reached for a Chinese porcelain artifact. The previous record, HK$252.6 million ($32.4 million), was reached in 2010 for a Qianlong period vase, also at a Sotheby's sale. 这只杯子最终以2.8124亿港币（约合3605万美元）在苏富比拍卖行成交，打破了中国瓷器的拍卖纪录。此前的拍卖纪录也诞生于苏富比拍卖行——2010年，乾隆时期的一个花瓶拍出了2.526亿港币（约合3240万美元）的高价。 The 500-plus-year old Meiyintang Chenghua "Chicken Cup," is one of a reported 17 existing worldwide, most of which reside in museums, with a small number -- like Liu's new acquisition -- in private hands. It is so-called because of the decoration painted on its surface, showing two roosters, and a chicken tending her chicks. 这只玫茵堂成化年间的“鸡缸杯”有500多年的历史，据报道世界上现存的鸡缸杯仅剩17只，其中大多数存放在博物馆，小部分为私人所有，如刘益谦新得来的这只。得名“鸡缸杯”是因它杯壁上绘有公鸡偕母鸡和雏鸡的图案。 | 
