This is not your everyday rice bowl! This stunning raspberry red bowl was sold earlier this week at Hong Kong's Sotheby's auction house for $9.5 million US dollars. Hong Kong ceramics dealer William Chak bought the bowl—at more than 140 times the price paid three decades ago. [William Chak, Hong Kong Ceramics Dealer]: (Male, Cantonese) "This is a rarity. It's very difficult to procure one. That's why we tried our best to bid on it and win it. There's a lotus pattern on the bowl and that's why we tried so hard to bid for it." The sale sets the world record for Qing ceramics from the Emperor Kangxi era, as wealthy Chinese collectors are showing interest for Chinese antiques and fine works of art. The Falangcai 'Double-Lotus' bowl is from the 1662 to1722 era. It's the only bowl recorded with this design and it typifies one of the earliest pieces decorated in the newly introduced Western enameling technique. It has a pattern of a continuous lotus pond landscape—lotus blooms in yellow, blue, pink, and white hues—with single and double flower heads on delicate stems. [Nicholas Chow, Sotheby's Asia Deputy Chairman]: (English male) "It's a very special bowl, very exclusive. The last two, three pieces that have appeared in the last 10 years were not in perfect condition. This is in absolute mint condition, which is very unusual for this type. And the decoration is particularly pleasing. It's got the design, as you can see, of the double lotuses. Not single lotuses, double lotuses, which is the sign of a very auspicious reign for an emperor." The bowl was once owned by the well-known antique dealer and collector, Robert Chang. It was first sold at Sotheby's in 1983 for $67,500 US dollars.