Collection, the original is not much expensive, and when the market tends to be rational, it is the right time to start with fine products. The culture-oriented collection of Shoushan stones must be closely related to aesthetics. After all, aesthetics determine the level of collection, and the level of collection means taste, and the two complement each other. As we all know, beautiful works do not come out of thin air, and the realm of works is charming, and it must be precipitated over the years.
Tonight, the southeast auction of treasures night, Wang Zuguang made a lychee frozen Guanyin ornament for 2.65 million (excluding commissions), the scene after dozens of times to raise the card, quite fierce, it can be seen that any category of collection has a common market law: the value of treasures climbs is always better than the general product.
Indeed, lychee jelly has always been the focus of the printing stone auction, attracted the attention and love of collectors, and has long been out of production, and the price has always been high. However, the quality of lychee jelly varies greatly, some of the transparency is average, or the color is darker, the texture contains "black needles", and even a large area of black sand, so that many players are not very sad, often lamenting "the difficulty of lychee".
This piece of Wang Zuguang made lychee jelly, in terms of material, the work is as high as 31cm, extremely large, and flawless, almost invisible on the market. From the perspective of carving, the work opens the face and is peaceful, the facial features are shrunken, the nose bridge is raised, the eyebrow arch is clear, the eyes are slightly closed, the eyeliner is curved, the hair is neat, the carving details are very delicate and exquisite, and the high price is sold, which is reasonable.
It is a cliché: artists know Wei Jin's demeanor, their hearts are reached, and their masterpieces are self-reliant; collectors know the beauty of materials and craftsmanship, and this cultural carrier can be inherited. In fact, the mainstream consciousness of the collection group of any kind of literary works is not out of comparison, but to show taste. Whether the collection is self-entertaining or pleasing, its collectors have obvious collection styles, and the collection behavior and direction are not easy to change. Then the collection naturally has circulation in the circle of cultural people, which gives it great resistance to falling and investment.
Each collector is an independent individual, with different aesthetic perspectives and different views. However, no matter what level of collectors, they are trying to understand the works from their forms, techniques, and charms, so the aesthetics are still the same. In terms of Guanyin material and form of expression alone, it can be said that there are countless, and there is no shortage of famous masters, but those who can match the "Guanyin King" are only Wang Zuguang.
From the recent market conditions, it is not difficult to see that works with aesthetic taste can be expected in the future. In the final analysis, the works are to meet the aesthetic test of the literati, full of literary popularity or book rhyme, which will surely become the mainstream orientation of the future market; in this era of more gold and less products, it is also hoped that more practitioners can return to the study and improve themselves, not contrary to the ancients' understanding of "the unity of technology and Taoism".