Chapter 1,130 Emphasizing the past over the present, unprecedented
In this auction held in 2015, there are still many works worth several million yuan.
For example, the pastel prairie shepherdess plate created by Master Zhang Songmao in 1955 was finally sold for 2.07 million.
In addition to this auction, works by some modern masters have also sold for high prices.
For example, the Zexiang Family Picture and the Blue and White Plate were later sold for RMB 5,175,000.
In 1973 (the year of Guichou), the two scenes of Lushan Mountain and the color glaze engraved famille rose amphorae were sold for RMB 4,830,000.
Don't look at these porcelains. The highest price is only over 5.1 million, but you have to understand that the authors of these porcelains are still alive!
Let’s not talk about others, just Chen Wenzhe. What is the highest price that the porcelain he makes now can be sold for?
Even if he uses technology to make a blue and white glaze-red plum vase that is 50 to 60 centimeters high, he can only sell it for 3 to 50 million.
The fine porcelain produced by other masters can be sold for five million.
This is their value. Why they are so valuable must be because collectors see their value.
Chen Wenzhe is also being targeted now, and some people are interested in his value, such as Wu Er and Wu San.
However, what they were interested in was the high-imitation porcelain he made, not the modern art he made. This is the difference.
567 porcelain is definitely the pinnacle of modern art.
As tall buildings rise from the ground, the brilliance of 567 porcelain is definitely inseparable from the meticulous polishing of those masters.
However, if Chen Wenzhe wants to imitate such a batch of high-quality products, the craftsmanship is not difficult to imitate, but the most difficult thing is the various porcelain-making materials.
In the 1960s and 1970s, high-quality products were produced after receiving special tasks. One of the most critical factors and the most important basic condition was that no expense was spared.
Here, there are various reasons for the best porcelain clay, glaze, color materials and so on.
It is also because of the support of such a group of rare and precious materials that the porcelain of this period was fired so beautifully.
In this regard, in modern times, only Jianguo porcelain can rival them.
If Chen Wenzhe wants to learn, he must not leave out these masters of Jianguo porcelain.
Because when talking about 567 porcelain, we have to mention Jianguo porcelain and the group of masters who made Jianguo porcelain.
It is precisely because of their efforts that Jianguo porcelain appeared, which laid the direction for the development of porcelain in New China.
The emergence of Jianguo porcelain not only made 567 porcelain possible, but also laid a solid foundation for the development of contemporary ceramic art.
It can be said that without Jianguo porcelain, there would be no glory of contemporary porcelain!
What is founding porcelain? At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was a lot of waste waiting to be revitalized. Years of war had weakened the national power so much that the newly established republic did not have special tableware at the state banquet for entertaining foreign guests.
In response to this situation, some leaders proposed at the time.
China is the country of porcelain. After the founding of New China, it should clearly express the years of New China, summarize the good experiences in history, and create new China's national porcelain and national gift porcelain.
This suggestion was adopted and supported by the above, and the design and production of "Jianguo Porcelain" began under this special background.
In February 1952, the state took the lead in convening a symposium on ceramics, where experts from various fields discussed specific plans and requirements for developing "Jianguo Porcelain".
During the founding porcelain era, masters gathered together, and almost all skilled craftsmen worked in major porcelain factories.
These skilled craftsmen gradually became masters in the later market economy era.
Representative ones include: Wang Bu, Zhu Danian, Wang Xiliang, Zhang Songmao, Dai Ronghua, Liu Yucen, Li Jin, Zhou Guozhen, etc...
Including almost all the masters of that era.
It is a product of a special era. Its existence is linked to the times and is also closely related to the cultural environment at that time. It is unprecedented in the entire history of ceramic development and has a huge influence.
It is precisely because of the birth of Jianguo Porcelain that the brilliant achievements of ceramics in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s were achieved.
It also established the development direction of contemporary porcelain, which is unprecedented.
That is the mark of the times and the most indispensable and important chapter in the history of ceramics.
However, in an atmosphere that emphasizes the past over the present, Jianguo porcelain has been despised and has only been sought after in recent years.
Jianguo Porcelain is a collective creation of the most famous ceramic craftsmen, arts and crafts artists, cultural teachers and traditional Chinese painting masters in China.
It can be said that it is of official kiln quality, fired using ancient methods, and made successfully after putting in many efforts.
They truly seek quality over quantity, regardless of cost!
The quality of this batch of porcelain is extremely high, and with the passing of the older generation of craftsmen, the top ten porcelain factories no longer produce it. It can be said to be truly out-of-print porcelain!
Each of them is a myth of appreciation that cannot be copied. The surviving pieces are extremely rare and have become a masterpiece!
During that period, there was a gathering of famous masters of ancient colors, pastels, blue and white, new colors, sculptures, etc.
They have carefully studied various fields, such as pastel expert Liu Yuqin, sculpture master Zeng Longsheng, etc.
They were 20 and 30 years old at the time, and they are still in their 60s now.
The vast majority of such a large number of people are now representative and authoritative figures in all aspects of the Jingzhen ceramics industry!
It would really take some time for Chen Wenzhe to learn all the skills of such a group of people.
Of course, he didn't expect to learn everything in a short time.
Learning also requires methods.
A large number of modern top-notch works of art are freely produced. At this time, Chen Wenzhe can be said to be as unconstrained as he can do whatever comes to his mind.
However, after doing too much, he became a little lost.
To be precise, he seemed to have lost his goal.
There are too many masters of modern arts and crafts, and they have too many unique skills. For a while, Chen Wenzhe really didn't know what to do.
There are many modern art masters, and each of them has his or her own masterpiece.
Just looking at the pictures, Chen Wenzhe was amazed. He wanted to imitate these.
But there were too many and too messy, so for a while, Chen Wenzhe didn't know what to do.
Just like the snuff bottle making technique that Chen Wenzhe learned before, he was also a master of modern art.
There is also Master Deng Xiping. All the porcelain he makes are modern art treasures.
There are many others, such as the bronze ware production that he first came into contact with. The descendant of the Yue Yu bronze ware has now opened a company.
This time he specialized in making porcelain, but there were too many modern high-quality porcelains that he needed to make.
It’s just a piece of red-glazed porcelain, and he hasn’t finished it yet!
It seems that he still needs to make a plan and proceed step by step.
It is best to choose a type of porcelain that is simple in shape, has a high level of modern imitation, and is very valuable.
It needs high threshold and high value, so that it is not easy for others to copy, but he can.
The imitation firing of Ru kiln porcelain must not stop. Since Ru kiln porcelain with complicated craftsmanship is constantly being fired, it is appropriate to also fire enamel porcelain, pastel zhaodao porcelain and Tang Sancai porcelain.