Rare Chinese bowl sells for $9.1m A rare red "lotus bowl" from the Chinese emperor Kangxi period of 1662-1722 that was sold for 9.1 million at a Hong Kong sale. A RARE red "lotus bowl" from the Chinese emperor Kangxi period of 1662-1722 has been sold for an eye-popping $9.1 million at a Hong Kong sale. The price set a new world record for any Chinese porcelain from the Kangxi period during the Qing dynasty after it was bought by a Hong Kong ceramics dealer for HK$74 million ($9.1 million) Monday, Sotheby's said in a statement. The ruby-ground "falangcai" bowl decorated with pink, yellow and blue lotuses was originally expected to fetch HK$70 million at the sale, part of Sotheby's six-day spring sale in the southern Chinese city that concluded on Monday. The auctioneer said the bowl broke a previous Qing Kangxi porcelain record in 2006, when a blue and white "Dragon" vase was sold for HK$22.52 million. Hong Kong has emerged as one of the world's major auction hubs in art and wine thanks to cash-rich mainland Chinese buyers who have a growing appetite for luxury items amid the country's economic boom. A flower-shaped Chinese porcelain bowl from the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) fetched nearly $27 million at a Hong Kong auction last year. A 28.86-carat round white diamond meanwhile was sold for HK$53.88 million, or HK$1.87 million ($239,352) for each carat, setting a new per-carat auction record price for its category, Sotheby's said in a separate statement.