Face-to-face interaction with experts in the industry is a rare learning opportunity for every collector and collector. What are some memorable moments in the art market in 2021, and what are the future trends in the art market?
On January 7, 2022, the first Collectors Forum of Artron Think Tank kicked off, and three experts, Named Art Galleries and Crafts Association of Hong Kong, Named Zhai Jianmin, President of the Hong Kong Antique Art Dealers And Crafts Association and famous art brokers, Mr. Zhang Zhi, Executive Director of Jiaqu Yaji, and Dr. Jin Liyan, Academic Advisor and Famous Scholar of Jiaqu Yaji, attended the forum to talk about the art market in 2021.
Forum site
Looking back at the miscellaneous sections of porcelain in 2021, the biggest "leak" is China Guardian's 2021 autumn auction of Ming Yongle glaze red sea water cone arch Canglong godson figure big plum vase. This Yongle big plum bottle was auctioned from 35 million yuan, and after 27 bids, it fell with a hammer of 65 million yuan and a commission of 74.75 million yuan, refreshing the record of Guardian porcelain auction. In the 2021 annual auction summary of China Guardian, the lot was specifically emphasized that "if this work appears again in the future, the market will surely give a rich return for the courage of today's buyers." The "leaks" in the artworks are not all low-priced lots, and there are also big "leaks" in heavy goods.
In this regard, Mr. Zhai Jianmin, President of the Hong Kong Antiques and Works of Art Association and a well-known art dealer, stressed that looking at the collection from the aesthetic perspective of different eras, such as Yongle porcelain, needs to be analyzed with the exquisite degree of porcelain in the Yongle period. Yongle big plum bottle is missing in terms of early inheritance, in fact, this plum bottle is not expensive to sell for two hundred million. Many of the high-priced lots in the auction market have no source, such as Liu Yiqian's chicken bowl cup sold for 280 million yuan, and there was no source when it was auctioned at Sotheby's in London in 1972. The transaction price of Yongle big plum bottle is particularly friendly to buyers, which is equivalent to buying Yongle's plum bottle at the price of a Qianlong pastel.
Fierce bidding and rising numbers are the most intuitive feelings at the auction site. How professional collectors buy works of art, Zhai Jianmin said that you can put aside the price, only look at the craftsmanship and rarity, in the collection, first of all, to see whether the utensils are beautiful or not, good or not, do not listen to too many stories, because everything can have a story.
The indissoluble relationship between the connoisseur and Artron
As a leading enterprise in the art industry, many art collectors and practitioners have obtained art information from Artron Art Network to learn and grow, and several guests specially chatted about their feelings with Artron.
The famous scholar Jin Liyan said that he and Artron have a deep relationship, and the first time he stayed up late in his life was in Artron.
Zhai Jianmin also jokingly recalled that because he wanted to help his friends produce a catalogue, he once tried to come to Artron every day for a week to "go to work".
As an art dealer, Zhang Zhi believes that Artron has a huge amount of data, so that many connoisseurs have no secrets in front of collectors.
Beijing became the largest trading center and ran faster than Hong Kong
In the auction market in 2021, there were 100 million yuan lot and 63 tens of millions of lots in the porcelain miscellaneous items alone, and the tens of millions of lots increased by 106.45% compared with 2020, showing a colorful situation, and each auction house came up with a lot of heavy tools. In the porcelain plate, Qingqianlong has Fenglaiyi large turning cylinder to lead the porcelain plate, the furnace glaze Taiping has elephant turning cylinder ranked second, and the Ming Yongle glaze red sea water cone arch Cang Old Godson Tu Damei bottle ranked third. From a geographical point of view, mainland China occupies 46 seats in the miscellaneous lots of more than 10 million porcelain, and Hong Kong occupies 18 seats. Whether it is the purchasing power of collectors or the number of high-priced lots released, the mainland is slightly better. Regarding the status of the art market, Zhai Jianmin said that the Hong Kong art market still has an important position, and its art market foundation has advantages, while the mainland's development and prosperity in recent years have run faster than Hong Kong.
Qingqianlong Imperial Foreign Color Carmine Rolling Road Carved Porcelain Hollow "There is a phoenix to yi, hundred birds and phoenixes" figure double ant ear big turning bottle
Height 63cm
Transaction price: 265.65 million yuan
Beijing Poly Auction
Zhai Jianmin pointed out that there are many wonderful artifacts in the auction market in 2021, and the domestic market is the best in Beijing. The art markets in Europe and the United States are in a dark and trough. In the past ten years, Hong Kong has always regarded itself as the big brother of the art market, which is the vane of international auctions, and the industry has taken the transaction price of Hong Kong auctions as a benchmark.
Taking out fine products when the market is hot and getting rich returns is something that every collector is keen on. The Hong Kong market in 2021 is slightly inferior, mainly because of the lack of tourism, the need to get hands-on with high-priced utensils, coupled with collectors' reluctance to sell, there are fewer heavy utensils in Hong Kong. Looking at the porcelain market in 2021, there are two heavy objects in the first half of the year: the rotary vase and the gilded Buddha. In the second half of the year, the plum bottles auctioned by Guardian and the glazed heart bottles of Beijing Poly were used.
Qingqianlong Imperial carmine ground passion lotus flower set furnace jun glaze Taiping has an elephant turning vase
Height: 40.2cm
Transaction price: 82.225 million yuan
The international market is ever-changing, while the domestic mainland market has its own particularities, zhai Jianmin said that the mainland art market is not affected by the international market. Chinese mainland's collection market has risen steadily and significantly, and both the strength and the market have great potential, and are not affected by any economy or environment.
In the future, the advantage of Hong Kong, China, is still for international and mainland buyers, in addition, Hong Kong is also a space for international heavy art display, such as the United States, Europe, japan's fine products will be touring in Hong Kong.
Collecting requires the ability to do what is needed, and big collectors buy cover works
How to collect professionally has always been an important topic in the collecting world. In the art market in 2021, the term "new collector" has repeatedly appeared in the post-auction summaries of major auction houses. The diversity of bidding methods and art categories has increasingly attracted a new generation of young collectors, who are more concerned with their love of art itself, and follow their own interests to study and collect. How to better collect after becoming a "new collector", Zhai Jianmin has his own suggestions, he believes that as far as the porcelain plate is concerned, the most important thing is interest, not investment. For the collection of goods according to their ability, if the economic situation is relatively wealthy, you can buy the auction catalogue cover cover two lots, if it is a small collector, it is best to start with the integrity of the utensils.
Zhai Jianmin believes that porcelain collection needs a leader, first of all, you need to practice your aesthetic vision, and then choose several good auction companies, or friends in the industry as leaders or mentors, and gradually enter the field of collection.
Ming Yongle glaze red sea water cone arch Canglong godson figure big plum bottle
Height 41.3cm
Transaction price: 74.75 million yuan
China Guardian Auctions
For works of art, "circulation in an orderly manner" is an additional plus, but it cannot be blindly pursued. Jin Liyan took the glazed red plum bottle auctioned by Guardian in the second half of 2021 as an example to analyze the standards of collection. He believes that this glazed red plum vase meets the preferred criteria of "true, refined, new" commonly referred to by old-school connoisseurs, and in the last two decades two more have been added: rare and orderly. What Yongle Plum Bottle lacks is that there are no early publications and bibliographies. In 2021, China Guardian held an academic symposium for this plum bottle, seeking verification and discussion from different perspectives such as craft characteristics, artistic styles, similar works, etc.
Old photographs of artwork can also be used as physical materials to support this. For example, in 2021, Jiaqu Yaji made an exhibition of "Soochow Lost Pearls", which sorted out these important porcelains that have been passed down to Japan since modern times, mainly the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce, and sorted out 168 old photos. These old photographs have watermarks of the Yamamoto Photo Studio, which was owned by the Japanese in Beijing. At that time, the photo studio was commissioned by the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce to take pictures of the artworks, and these old photos appeared in the Japanese market in recent years and were acquired by Zhongmao Shengjia Auction. In this regard, Jin Liyan sorted out 200 old photos, most of which are Song porcelain, the official kilns of the Qing Dynasty and some high-end artworks such as the Ming Dynasty Wanli Five Colors. These old photographs belong to the old materials that circulated in an orderly manner a hundred years ago. The old catalogue of the European and American Mountain Chamber of Commerce includes Langyao Red and Langyao Green, and there are some monochrome glazes that Kangxi did not have, and the price is expensive. It can be seen that the popular taste and pursuit, with the different times, have appeared different aesthetic orientations.
Rare Treasures The Qingqianlong kiln in the old collection of the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce has become glazed water chestnut bottles
In the auction market, the "old collection of famous artists" is a plus for the lot itself, and in the auction details, anyone with the words "old collection of the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce" must attract the attention of collectors. In the early 20th century, Yamanaka made a large number of antique art acquisitions in China, the most famous of which was a large acquisition of Gongwangfu. In recent years, many of the old collections of the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce have appeared in the art market and flowed back to China, bringing a large number of blockbusters to domestic art. Jin Liyan said that many of the ceramics plate came from the old collection of the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce. In recent years, through the channel of overseas repatriation, back to the hands of Chinese collectors, about 1/4 of the artifacts have appeared in the art market.
At the forum site, Jin Liyan brought a Qingqianlong kiln glazed water chestnut bottle from the old collection of the Shanzhong Chamber of Commerce, which was dazzling.
Qingqianlong kiln became glazed water chestnut bottle
Jin Liyan gave a detailed introduction to this Qingqianlong kiln glazed water chestnut bottle, and he said that the charm of the kiln glaze lies in the kiln fire. In the eighth year of Qianlong, the inspector Tang Ying specially gave a piece of music to the Qianlong Emperor, the main content of which was: Recently fired red glaze, accidentally fired out a number of kiln glazes, this change has not been seen for ten years, this is a sign of good fortune. At that time, the Royal Kiln Factory fired a kiln glaze, which was a major event that needed to be reported to the Qianlong Emperor. Appreciating ceramics in Japan also has its own set of aesthetics, they mainly focus on appreciating the change of glaze color, and the tea bowl used in the tea ceremony can be used as a talking point for people. The kiln glaze of this porcelain is like mount Fuji with snow on Lingfeng, and in 1934, the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce was called fuji mountain bottle when it was exhibited, which has an auspicious meaning.
Connoisseurs at the forum site enjoyed the Qingqianlong kiln glazed water chestnut bottle
Zhai Jianmin greatly praised this kiln glazed water chestnut bottle, he believes that this kiln change glazed water chestnut bottle meets the standard of "true, fine, new", from any point of view, the shape of the instrument is stable, and the glaze color change flows like a cloud flowing water.
Group photo of guests and spectators at the forum
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