The first thousand four hundred and eighth chapter pink celadon glaze relief dragon pattern jar
Looking back at the price of Zhang Daqian's fan in the 1960s, it only cost tens of yuan, but by the mid-1990s, it had risen to tens of thousands of yuan, and in the new century, it has soared to hundreds of thousands and millions of yuan.
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There is a saying in the industry that "It's never too late for Zhang Daqian." The "Amazing Talent" shot in recent years seems to have once again proved this old saying with a transaction price of 560,000.
Although this is a picture of a lady, not a picture of peonies, Han Peacock will never be disappointed, because Han Peacock has as many as fourteen pictures of ladies in his hands.
You must know that Zhang Daqian's paintings, as long as they are high-quality, will not go down in price. The most important thing is that Zhang Daqian's paintings have a lot of room for appreciation and the rate of appreciation is also very fast.
With this peony painting by Zhang Daqian as the base, Han Peacock's expectations reached its highest peak.
The scrolls that Han Kongque saw just now were not just these four paintings, there were also several paintings and some banners, but these were the only four paintings of peonies.
At this time, Han Kongque no longer looked down upon these paintings. He directly opened another one. This one was placed together with Zhang Daqian's peonies, which might give him a little surprise.
Looking at the flying woman in the painting, Han Peacock was dumbfounded. He had definitely seen this painting before!
He took a look at the picture in the upper right corner, "Girl with a Red Whisker". It was right. He had seen this painting on the news.
Last year's spring auction, China Guardian launched the highlight of the auction at the night auction, Zhang Daqian's "Girl with a Red Whisper". The bidding started at 9.5 million yuan, and then the buyer directly raised the price to 30 million yuan. After several rounds of fierce bidding, the bid was finally
The high price of 71.3 million yuan was sold, becoming a bright spot in the weak market.
Unexpectedly, such a high-priced painting would be left on this sunken ship. This made Han Kongque realize once again that this secret library was not simple.
Since there are two paintings by Zhang Daqian, is there a third one here?
Han Kongque had seen the auction at the Guardian Night Club, and he remembered that a lot of good things were auctioned at that time.
"Huh? There is really another one, and it's a picture of a lady?" Looking at the other picture, Han Peacock was no longer surprised at this time. At this time, he just sighed that these shipwreck pirates were really wealthy.
As expected, this painting is stunning and stunning. Han Peacock was thinking about this painting just now, but he didn't expect to see it now.
Although the final transaction value of this painting was not as high as that of Hong Fu Nv, its appreciation rate was very fast.
In the autumn auction of 2014, the highlight of the auction at Sophia Hong Kong is also eye-popping. Zhang Daqian's "Amazing Talent and Beauty" painted in 1943 is on the market with an estimate pending.
According to data, this painting "Amazing Talent and Beauty" was painted in 1953 and was exhibited in the "Zhang Daqian Painting Exhibition" held at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris in 1956.
In 1997, Duoyunxuan Autumn Auction entered the auction room. It was the time of the financial crisis in Southeast Asia. The Chinese art auction industry, which had just entered the art auction market, also suffered a big impact. However, this lot still sold for 110
The transaction worth 10,000 yuan added confidence to the art market at that time.
Four years later, in 2001, this lot appeared in the Autumn Auction of Suzhou Fubi in Hong Kong with an estimate of 2 to 3 million Hong Kong dollars. After dozens of rounds of competition, it was finally sold for 4.6647 million Hong Kong dollars, creating the Zhang Daqian figure at that time.
The highest market price for a painting.
After a lapse of 13 years, this picture was put up for auction again in the autumn auction, and it was launched with an "estimate to be inquired". It sold for more than 50 million, which can be said to be a sky-high price.
For these two paintings to be bought by someone and kept here in cold storage, it can be said that they are really wealthy.
Now Han Peacock suspects that these paintings are all fake. If they are real, who wouldn't cherish them?
He couldn't get out now anyway, and Han Peacock didn't want to damage the sunken ship. So he packed up a shelf, hung up all these paintings, and looked at them carefully.
From the picture point of view, this picture of "Amazing Talent and Beauty" is very similar to "The Girl with a Red Whisker". Both Zhang Daqian used the painting method of ladies in the Tang Dynasty to describe the image of the girl with a red whisker in "The Biography of the Qiu Bearded Guest", and the poems are also similar.
The only difference in the composition is that "Red Fu Girl" lacks the inscription "Amazing talent and stunning beauty - these four words are only suitable for Hong Fu Girl" in the upper right corner; while "Red Fu Girl" is written on gold paper, "Amazing talent and stunning beauty"
"Yan" was written on rice paper.
This is the phenomenon of two books in one draft. "Girl with a Red Whisker" was created in 1944, while "Stunning Talent and Beauty" was created in 1953. There should be no third work with the same theme on the market.
In the former, after Zhang Daqian arrived in Dunhuang, he directly put the influence of murals into his works, while the 1953 works were modified and improved by Zhang Daqian himself, and he completely formed his own creative method.
A closer look shows that the decoration of the clothes in "Stunning Talents and Beauty" has also been simplified. For example, the skirts have become plain, and the lace at the hem has been replaced by light crimson instead of heavy colors.
There is very little change in the character's face, except that the face of the red-haired woman is slender and more delicate, and her pupils are looking forward instead of squinting to the left.
From here, the two paintings do not look fake at all. In fact, in the early 1940s, Zhang Daqian traveled to the northwest and copied at the Dunhuang Grottoes for three years, leaving behind many powder copies of the paintings.
Among Zhang Daqian's numerous paintings, the painting of beautiful ladies is undoubtedly the most popular category among collectors. Academic circles also divide his paintings of beautiful ladies into three stages.
Before the 1940s, he mainly copied the works of Ming and Qing masters, which is called the first stage. In 1941, he went to the Mogao Grottoes to copy murals for four to five years, which is called the second stage. The third stage is after the 1950s.
Zhang Daqian's paintings of beautiful ladies drew inspiration from the murals of the Mogao Grottoes and combined the Tang style of the Mogao Grottoes with the styles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At this time, his paintings of beautiful ladies also gradually matured.
As the second stage connecting the past and the next, it is also a turning point in Zhang Daqian's painting career.
After copying hundreds of Dunhuang murals, Zhang Daqian deeply understood the essence of figure painting in the Tang and Five Dynasties, as well as the characteristics of brush and color in figure painting in medieval China.
, a big step forward.
From a market perspective, after a year, the market’s pursuit of high-end auction items has become more and more rational.
At last year's spring auction, only five paintings and calligraphy works were sold at Sotheby's for more than 10 million yuan, two of which were by Zhang Daqian.
Two Zhang Daqian works entered the top ten in the history of Zhang Daqian's works, namely "Girl with a Red Whisper" which was sold at China Guardian for 71.3 million yuan, and "Wild Fun in the Lotus Pond" which was sold at Christie's in Hong Kong for HKD 80.51 million.
Therefore, this "Stunning Talent and Beauty" picture caused a great sensation at the time, so Han Kongque remembered it very clearly.
Han Kongque remembered that many of the items auctioned at that time were very good. At that time, Han Kongque even regretted not participating, so that those treasures fell into the hands of other people.
However, in the end, all the authentic products were sold at a good price, so Han Kongque put aside his disappointment. Although he was rich, he would not spend a lot of money on these things.
But now, Han Peacock's eyes are shining, maybe those treasures that were bought will appear here.
Sure enough, Han Peacock found several jars in a corner. Looking at the dragon patterns on the jars, Han Peacock could only smile bitterly.
In that auction, in addition to the picture of a stunningly talented and beautiful lady, the biggest highlight of the Xiangjiangsu Fubi porcelain section in that autumn auction was the chicken vat cup in the spring auction of Xiangjiangsu Fubi, which broke the auction price record for Chinese porcelain.
It is a pink celadon-glazed jar with relief dragon pattern made by Emperor Qianlong.
According to the introduction at the time, the shape, carving, glaze color, and pattern of the "dragon pattern jar" are all classic works of the Qianlong period. Currently, there is only one porcelain of the same type known to be circulating in the market.
It first appeared at an auction house in 1971, and then changed owners again in 1988. This auction was provided by Fangshanju, and it is back on the auction block 26 years later.
At that time, some experts talked about its preciousness, and one person directly said: "The requirements for porcelain production were always the highest during the Qianlong period. Compared with other porcelains from the same period, the decoration on this lot is a rare relief, and the surface of the body is uneven.
, which is really rare in the field of porcelain.”
Just such a thing, if this thing is not imitated by someone, then it must be one of the things reported on TV.
This pink celadon-glazed embossed dragon-pattern jar made by Emperor Qianlong is a lost cultural relic of the Old Summer Palace. It was sold at Sotheby's autumn auction for a sky-high price of more than 74 million yuan.
Therefore, just these few items have a total value of more than 200 million, and this pink celadon-glazed relief dragon jar made by the Qianlong Emperor only ranks sixth among the scattered cultural relics of the Yuanmingyuan in terms of auction transaction price.
This "Imperial Pink Green Glaze Relief Dragon Pattern Jar" made by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty is engraved with the exquisite pattern of a blue dragon teaching his son. The long dragon has bright eyes and clear outlines. It is covered with fine scales and shuttles through auspicious clouds; the young dragon is underneath, emerging from the water, with its head held high.
Looking at it, the dragon's body is coiled in the turbulent waves.
The bottom is signed with "Qianlong Year System of the Qing Dynasty" in three lines and six characters in square seal script. The carving is neat and does not look fake no matter how you look at it.
As one of the highlights of Sotheby's autumn auction, the jar started bidding at HKD 50 million and was finally sold for HKD 94.2 million, equivalent to more than 74 million RMB.
Looking at the words "Fangshanju No. 643" at the bottom, Han Kongque knew that this was unmistakable. This must be one of the cultural relics lost in the Old Summer Palace.
The reason why this jar is identified as a lost cultural relic of the Old Summer Palace is mainly based on the words "Fangshanju No. 643" on the bottom.
Alfred Morrison, the owner of Onthill, purchased many collections from the Old Summer Palace in 1861 from Lord Loch, the private secretary of the British Minister Elgin. In order to house the Chinese art treasures, Morrison specially placed these cultural relics.
The bottom of it is signed and numbered "onthill", and an exhibition room is set up in Fangshan Residence.
This dragon-patterned jar was auctioned at Christie's in London from Fangshanju in 1971, and was later bought.
In 1988, it was auctioned again in Sufubi, Hong Kong, and has never been seen again.
The last time it was shown and auctioned for the third time, I didn’t expect that after the auction, it was actually hidden here again. If Han Peacock hadn’t accidentally discovered it this time, I don’t know how many years it would have been hidden here. (Unfinished)