At 8:00 p.m. on December 25, the "Jingdong Auction 2021 Annual Ceremony - Jingdong Treasures Auction & Shengshi Baolai First Auction" successfully dropped the hammer. During the event, it attracted nearly 1.4 million people to watch, and more than 10 works were bid for delayed bidding. The famous calligraphy and painting master Fan Zeng's "Zhong Kui Shen Wei Tu" was successfully auctioned for 880,000 yuan and became the "bidder king" of this auction.
10 authentic works by famous artists have attracted the enthusiasm of Chinese painting collection
With the improvement of the quality of life, the collection fever has been in the ascendant in recent years. At the same time, the increasing popularity of online auctions is gradually becoming an important way for many investors or collectors to get their hands on art. In order to meet the needs of consumers for the collection and appreciation of art masterpieces, from December 21 to 25, Jingdong Treasures Auction and Shengshi Baolai opened the first auction, auctioning the authentic works of famous artists such as Zhang Daqian, Fan Zeng, Han Meilin, as well as Qing Dynasty porcelain, statues and other art collections, creating a Chinese cultural feast for consumers, and the final bidding results were also very gratifying.
In this activity, the famous calligraphy and painting master Fan Zeng's "Zhong Kui Shen Wei Tu" was the most sought after by bidders, and the bidding process was extremely fierce, with a starting price of 300,000 yuan and 59 bidding times, and finally successfully auctioned for 880,000 yuan, becoming the "bidding king" of this auction. On the one hand, this is because Mr. Fan Zeng's works are loved by consumers, on the other hand, this work is from the Liangshan County Cultural Center in Shandong Province, which was originally the old collection of the famous calligrapher Jiang Chuansheng in Shandong Province, and was one of the four paintings given to Teacher Jiang by Fan Zeng in his early years in Liangshan and borrowed from Jiang Chuansheng's family, and later the painting was also personally confirmed by Mr. Fan Zeng, so it is of great collectible value.
"Ink Peony Medicine Map" made by Chinese ink splash painter and calligrapher Zhang Daqian in 1953 is also one of the most concerned works in this field, with a starting price of 68,000 yuan, after 15 bids and delayed bidding, it was finally sold for 84,000 yuan, this work was created by Zhang Daqian with boneless ink splashing techniques, and the layered ink colors show the splendor and bloom of peony.
Speaking of the master of Chinese painting, Huang Guan, I think everyone is more familiar with his paintings such as "Honghuang Fengxue", "Catching the Collection", "Hundred Donkeys", etc., in fact, Huang Guan's calligraphy is also excellent and rare in the world. The calligraphy "Cross Proverbs" auctioned at this event, with a starting price of only 50,000 yuan, was successfully auctioned for 103,000 yuan after 45 fierce bids and delayed bidding, with a premium rate of 106%. In addition, works such as "Primrose" by the famous calligrapher and painter Li Shilin, "Vase Flower" by Cheng Shifa, a Chinese Painter of The Haipai Calligraphy and Painting, and "Flowers" by the painter Xu Linlu were also auctioned after multiple bids, with premium rates of 125%, 177% and 215% respectively.
In addition to modern and contemporary calligraphy and painting works, many contemporary calligraphy and painting works auctioned this time are also favored by consumers. As China's first painter to go to Antarctica to sketch, the famous Chinese painter Chen Yadan's "Antarctic Homeland", a penguin with a cute penguin to take a glimpse of the mysterious Antarctic, was loved by the majority of bidders, in this event, after 65 bidding and delayed bidding, sold for 182,000 yuan, a premium rate of 203%. At the same time, Chinese contemporary artist Han Meilin's "Ma to Success" was sold for 120,000 yuan after 14 bids; senior writer Tian Yingzhang's "The Sound of Qin Yun Shu" and the famous calligrapher Li Duo's "Collected Ancient Plum Blossom Poems" were sold after 40 and 54 bids respectively.
Chinese painting and calligraphy, which is both cultural and artistic, is an important part of the collection and auction market of Chinese cultural relics and artworks, and is deeply loved and sought after by collectors and literati at home and abroad. According to the "2020 China Cultural Relics and Artworks Global Auction Statistics Annual Report" released by the China Auction Industry Association (CAA) and Artnet. In 2020, Chinese painting and calligraphy traded 14.710 billion yuan, an increase of 19.53%, and occupied 55.71% of the market share. This time, in the first auction of Jingdong Treasures Auction & Shengshi Baolai, the successful auction of many famous teachers' authentic works also well verified this, especially in the increasing development of the art market at home and abroad and the continuous maturity of bidders' awareness of collection, Modern chinese paintings and calligraphy, which have great significance for Chinese cultural inheritance and innovation, have also become an important part of Chinese art auctions and are recognized by more and more collectors.
After many rounds of bidding, qing dynasty porcelain was successfully auctioned
In recent years, as a unique cultural symbol of China, the transaction of porcelain has been soaring and is popular among collectors. On the one hand, the Qing Dynasty is a collection of Chinese porcelain, which is a period of great achievement in the history of Chinese porcelain, which better absorbs the profound skills of previous dynasties, on the other hand, the porcelain of the Qing Dynasty has a wide variety of varieties, and there are many kinds of variety, and the technology is also quite exquisite. It can be seen that the collection and investment value of Qing Dynasty porcelain is immeasurable.
At this auction, a number of porcelain works from the Qing Dynasty were successfully auctioned. Among them, the "official kiln bean green glaze daffodil basin" in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, with a starting price of 60,000 yuan, after 62 bidding, was finally sold for 158,000 yuan, with a premium rate of 163%. The glaze color of the product is pink and white, light as spring water, and like rain over the sky, extremely fresh and elegant, in the upright exudes aura. The "pastel crane deer with spring drum can" auctioned together was sold for 30,000 yuan, the shape of the work is simple and generous, and the edge of the can is depicted with gold. The pastel painting of deer cranes with spring, meaning the meaning of the spring of the six contracts, is very auspicious, and is a good product in the late Qing Dynasty.
Join hands with auction houses to enrich the ecology of the rare art industry
As an important carrier of human cultural inheritance, art works have been favored by more and more consumers under the influence of the spiritual value and market value they bring. The Jingdong Treasures Auction and Shengshi Baolai have enabled collectors and investors to achieve market value for their collections, while also adding to the fun of collecting and harvesting the fruits of collection for the majority of bidders.
In fact, the hand-in-hand with Shengshi Baolai is not the first time that JD Auction has cooperated with professional art institutions. As early as September this year, Jingdong Treasures Auction joined hands with the 400-year-old cultural relics and artworks to operate the long-established Ten Bamboo Zhai, opened a special activity of calligraphy and painting auction, and achieved impressive results. During the event, Zhang Daqian's "Mountain Kitchen Qingfu" was auctioned for 800,000 yuan, and Zhang Tong's "Stupa" was sold for 1.2 million yuan.
Whether it is Shizhuzhai or this cooperation with Shengshi Baolai, it not only broadens the bidding category of Jingdong treasure auction, but also further increases its cultural atmosphere, and accelerates the formation of a treasure auction ecology where experts and enthusiasts in the industry gather. At the same time, Jingdong Auction gives full play to its own advantages, injects new impetus into the auction house, provides a broader auction channel, and jointly enhances the value and status of Chinese art, but also continues to create good cultural exchange opportunities for the majority of Tibetan friends, to meet the diversified consumer needs such as investment and collection.
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