Japan cannot compete with China. There are many reasons for this, such as the unstable supply of Japanese porcelain, its fragility, slow delivery, frequent cheating in delivery, and the price increase of Japanese translators. But fundamentally it is still because
Although the price is more expensive than Chinese porcelain, there are many problems, but as long as there is a price advantage, there is still a certain market.
Regarding the high price of Japanese porcelain, the Dutch East India Company has many records in its archives.
As records from 1686 show, Japanese porcelain "is so expensive that we dare not and cannot agree to this price, lest we be liable in the future, as the price in Holland is only half this."
Another example is that records from 1750 show that the Dutch East India Company tried to send samples to Japan to order porcelain, but was offered an "outrageous and unreasonable" price, so the transaction was not concluded.
There are deep-seated reasons why Japanese porcelain is so expensive. First, according to the "Inspection and Legal Affairs Fuqianglu", Japanese colorants are all imported from China, and at least the cost of the colorants is higher than that in China.
The second is technical reasons. Japan's porcelain making technology lags behind China's, so the output is unstable and the quality is not as good as Chinese porcelain.
Faced with such an outcome, Chinese porcelain finally squeezed Japanese porcelain out of the international market through competition, which is both worthy of pride for the Chinese people and worthy of deep thought.
At that time, China relied on its decoration level and technological advantages to defeat Japanese porcelain through fair competition. However, Japanese porcelain faced disadvantages and even resorted to many unfair means, such as fraud in the porcelain trade.
This situation is more like what happens in China now. Therefore, the revitalization of China's porcelain industry ultimately depends on the level of decoration and technology.
With the harvest, he was naturally happy, but Han Kongque did not go back directly just because he had harvested two large plates. Anyway, Chen Qing and the others would not arrive until night. During this time, Han Kongque planned to spend time in this flea market.
"Boss, I checked and couldn't find the market price of Imari Market." At this time, Huangshan said.
Han Kongque laughed and said: "This only shows that the number of Imari in China is too small, so the price is high. Some people say that they can exchange a large Imari for a large villa. It is really not bragging."
"However, the quotes online are very low. This kind of porcelain is only worth tens of thousands of yuan at most." Jin Yao also said.
Han Kongque said: "Of course there is a reason for this. Let's talk about you. Do you like Western antiques or Chinese antiques?"
"Of course it belongs to our country. What are these things from the West? They are so fancy that they look like peacocks." Huang Shan said.
When the golden demon heard this, he burst out laughing: "Boss, Huangshan despises you."
Huangshan thought, that's not right! How could he use the word peacock to describe the magnificent Imari porcelain? This violated the boss's taboo.
Han Kongque did not think of this. He waved his hand and said: "That's the thing. The general Chinese Imari porcelain is not suitable for the Chinese people's aesthetic point of view, so it is difficult to sell it at a high price. But the Chinese Imari porcelain in the early Qing Dynasty is different, especially ours
The two pieces I bought are typical Chinese figure and landscape paintings, which are completely different from the styles of large-scale export porcelain."
"China Imari" represents China's export porcelain, while "Imari" represents Japanese fine porcelain. Their current market performances are completely different.
China's export porcelain actually consists of two major parts. One is the export of folk kiln porcelain. This batch of porcelain was sold both at home and abroad at that time. Now it is also one of the key targets for Chinese people to go shopping overseas, and the prices abroad are also relatively high.
The second is porcelain specifically for overseas sales, such as "China Imari", Clark porcelain, heraldic porcelain, etc.
Since the decoration of these porcelain does not conform to our mainstream aesthetics, the price has never been high. Even in the current worldwide craze of Chinese art, the price of some fine heraldic porcelain or large pieces of Clark porcelain is only tens of thousands.
It only costs RMB 1,000, and the average price of small pieces of Clark porcelain is only several thousand yuan, which also highlights the collection value and value-added space.
Moreover, because the domestic stock of this batch of porcelain is small, and many decorations such as badges are elements of foreign cultures, which are not easy to understand domestically, the price has not been increased. In this way, there are relatively few imitations, and it is safe to buy.
Higher sex.
In fact, some collectors and museums in China have begun to collect such artifacts. After all, this kind of porcelain also represents the top porcelain making technology in the country.
Of course, there is another problem: the flowers inside the walls are fragrant outside the walls. Just because the Chinese don’t like them doesn’t mean that foreigners don’t like them. Therefore, some high-quality export porcelain can be sold at high prices abroad.
The Imari market purchased by Han Kongque is different. It is a true combination of Chinese and Western styles. It has both the brilliance that Westerners like and a strong Chinese humanistic style.
Both Chinese and foreigners will like this kind of art, so the market price is higher. However, there are too few such Imari porcelains, so there is no clear price on the market.
However, according to some circulating legends, such a Chinese Imari can definitely be exchanged for a large villa. What is the standard for a large villa in the United States?
It costs at least 100,000 US dollars, which is almost more than one million yuan. Of course, it is just a price but no market. Even if someone wants to buy it, they can't buy it.
That's why the American collector Han Peacock met on the Internet was holding a Japanese Imari, which he said was a Chinese Imari, and he wanted to change it to a large villa.
"If we follow the principle of rare things being more valuable, shouldn't the price of Japanese Imari porcelain be more expensive? After all, Japanese Imari porcelain was finally defeated by Chinese porcelain, so the quantity should be smaller." Mu Ling asked a more relevant question.
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Han Peacock chuckled and said: "This kind of thing cannot be judged by simple quantity. In fact, it mainly depends on the quality of the art and the market. Let's not talk about the quality of Japan's Imari. It is definitely not as good as China's Imari. Let's just say
The capacity of the market is too small."
Of course, market capacity is one aspect, and another aspect is the system. Unlike the booming Chinese market, the Japanese porcelain market has been relatively stable in the past 30 years.
Take the Japanese JAA company's auctions as an example. From the 1970s to the 1990s, the transaction price of Japanese porcelain was generally tens of thousands of yen, with little increase.
Since the 1990s, the Japanese economy has been in a state of stagflation, and the auction of Japanese porcelain has not seen major fluctuations.
At the same time, the secret quotation rules of some mainstream Japanese auction companies have also inhibited the rise in art prices. For example, the ancient split meeting requires bidders to notify the auction company in advance of the bidding price (it can be adjusted once before the auction), and the one with the highest final price wins.
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In this way, the bidding results without everyone knowing each other reflect the collector's rational understanding of the value of the art, and it is not easy to make high prices one after another and create a big bubble.
In addition, there is a trend of low birthrate in Japanese society (the population structure shows obvious characteristics of old age and low birthrate), and there are fewer and fewer young people who like to collect, and there are very few young people in the auction house.
In short, I believe that in the long term in the future, if we rely solely on the purchasing power of Japanese society, the price of Japanese art will not be too high.
For example, in the 68th auction in September 2012 of Kokai Kai, which is famous for auctioning Japanese art, an early Imari porcelain (early to mid-17th century, 14x14x2 cm.) was auctioned with a starting price of 50,000 yen, and the final price was 50,000 yen.
The transaction was 56,000 yen.
In fact, the price of most porcelain sold in Japan is around tens of thousands of yen, which is equivalent to thousands to tens of thousands of yuan in RMB. Compared with the hot Chinese porcelain market, it is undoubtedly quite affordable.
Of course, Japanese porcelain works by famous artists will be relatively expensive, but compared to our famous works, they still pale into insignificance.
At present, a few collectors in China have noticed the collection of Japanese art, and I believe that it will gradually form a certain climate in China in the near future.
At the same time, it must be noted that Japanese porcelain embodies foreign culture after all, and lacks the hype and promotion of Japanese local funds. Therefore, to the Chinese, the value and price of Japanese porcelain cannot be compared with that of Chinese porcelain.
Therefore, when you get involved in collecting Japanese porcelain, you should not have too many utilitarian purposes. It is better to start from your own preferences, otherwise you may lose everything.
After walking around, I found nothing of interest, which made Han Peacock a little disappointed.
"Boss, look at this red coral. It looks very good to me." At this moment, Mu Ling said.
Han Kongque was stunned and said, "We don't lack this."
There are a lot of red corals in the ocean. It may not be easy for others to collect, but for Han Peacock or Han Peacock’s family, it is not difficult. And their jewelry company’s main focus now is
Red Coral.
Because it was so easy to get and the price was reasonable, Zhou Meiren would not let it go, so Han Peacock never cared much about the coral products on the market.
"This is ox blood red, a real treasure among red corals." Seeing someone coming, the stall owner immediately greeted him warmly.
"Ox blood red?" Han Peacock has never heard of this statement.
"Hawaiian ox blood red coral, the best coral." The stall owner explained.
At this time, Han Peacock finally realized that it was red coral produced in Hawaii. This Korean Peacock knew it. He heard that the quality of Hawaiian red coral was very good and very popular in the market. It was considered a very strong competitor of Phoenix Jewelry.
The Hawaiian Islands is a beautiful island paradise. It is also one of the main producing areas of red corals, and the red corals produced there are very distinctive.
In addition to the red corals in Hawaiian waters produced at 200-400 meters, there are also some deep-sea red corals produced at 2,000 meters deep. (To be continued.)