Following the steady rise of the auction antique miscellaneous sector in the autumn of 2020, an explosive breakthrough was made in 2021, with 15 sample auction houses obtaining a total turnover of 9.878 billion yuan, an unprecedented harvest. Antique miscellaneous, one of the troika of the art auction market, has always been an indispensable major force in the art market with its extensive collector base and stable supply.
Source\Drafting: Artron Art Network
(2021 Sample Auction Houses: China Guardian, Beijing Poly, Poly Hong Kong, Beijing Rongbao, Sotheby's Hong Kong, Christie's Hong Kong, Xiling Auction, Guangdong Chongzheng, Zhongmao Shengjia, Beijing Yongle, Beijing Chengxuan, Beijing Hanhai, Huayi International, Shizhuzhai (Beijing), Dayi Auction)
Remarks: As of December 31, 2021, the autumn auction of the 2021 Seilon auction has not yet been carried out, so it is not included.
This is an unprecedented breakthrough
Affected by the overseas epidemic, the foreign art market is relatively sluggish, while the collector's purchase demand has not decreased, and more attention is paid to domestic auctions. Releasing one's collection when the market is expected to be better is something that every collector is more willing to do. Liu Yue, an art expert, said: "Domestic collectors are restricted from traveling, and they are unable to participate in overseas auctions in person, and the entry of lots is also subject to some restrictions. Therefore, now the main communication channels in the country, especially in the mainland region, now this market is amplified. ”
Not only antique miscellaneous items, but also modern and contemporary art and calligraphy and painting sectors have also ushered in a comprehensive breakthrough. Traditional investments such as real estate, finance, etc. are not optimistic, and some funds have flowed into the art market. Attract new collectors through online auctions.
In 2021, what are the most important antique miscellaneous lots, which can be found from the more than 10 million lots.
In 2021, more than 10 million antique miscellaneous lots were sold
According to the statistics of Artron Art Network, in 2021, there will be a total of 500 million yuan lots and 107 tens of millions of lots. Among them, the Qianlong Youfeng Laiyi Large Turning Heart Bottle sold for 265.65 million yuan, breaking the world record for the long-dormant Chinese porcelain artworks. The sale of this lot has undoubtedly injected vitality and hope into the antique miscellaneous market, and has also attracted the attention of the market again. The 5-billion-yuan lot contributed 8.82% of the turnover, and its categories are rich, covering porcelain, handicraft miscellaneous items, Buddhist art, classical furniture, and this relatively even distribution also reflects the diversified needs of the market.
Highly monopolistic market
From the perspective of the distribution of antique miscellaneous lots in 2021, Beijing Poly Auction occupies an absolute advantage with a share of 33%. Among the 5 lots of 100 million yuan, 4 seats were sold at Beijing Poly Auction. In 2021, Beijing Poly Auction strengthened the research and exhibition of artworks, and held the exhibition "The World of Hongli" to reproduce qianlong's imperial taste. Several sky-high lots are from the exhibition, such as: Fenglaiyi Big Turning Heart Bottle, Furnace Glaze Taiping Elephant Heart Bottle, Qingqianlong Qingding Supplementary Carving Duan Shi Lan Ting Tu Ti Silk, etc.
China Guardian Auction, China Trade Shengjia, Beijing Yongle Auction and Huayi International, as the leading enterprises in the art market, occupy a total of 33% of the market share. Ming Yongle Glazed Red SeaWater Cone Arch Canglong Godson Tu Da Mei Bottle sold for 74.75 million yuan at the China Guardian Autumn Auction, setting a new record for the auction of China Guardian porcelain. This plum bottle has also attracted the attention of the market, which can be called the biggest "leak" in the miscellaneous section of porcelain. Zhai Jianmin, president of the Hong Kong Antiques and Arts Association, said: "This plum bottle is equivalent to buying it at the price of a Qianlong pastel, which is quite cost-effective. ”
From the perspective of the sale of high-priced lots, Beijing is the most important auction city, followed by Hong Kong, China. In 2021, the total turnover of antique miscellaneous items in Hong Kong was 2.259 billion yuan, and a total of 100 million yuan lots and 22 tens of millions of lots were traded, and the total turnover of more than 10 million lots was 774 million yuan, accounting for 34.27% of the total turnover of antique miscellaneous items in Hong Kong. It can be seen that high-priced lots still dominate the overall performance of antique miscellaneous items in Hong Kong. Zhai Jianmin said: "The development and prosperity of the mainland in recent years has run faster than Hong Kong. However, the importance of the Hong Kong art market can still be maintained. ”
Qianlong porcelain is still the main force
Porcelain remains the most important collection in the Antique Miscellaneous Section, followed by Handicraft Miscellaneous, Buddhist Art and Classical Furniture. Among the 58 pieces of more than 10 million pieces of porcelain, Qianlong porcelain occupies 31 seats, which can be considered to be the peak year of Qianlong porcelain in 2021.
"Qianlong porcelain" has almost become synonymous with high-priced porcelain and high-priced porcelain. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the national strength was strong, and the Qianlong Emperor attached great importance to the firing of porcelain, and the painting was exquisite, and at the expense of work, the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln fired a large number of exquisite porcelain.
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
Auction time: 2021-06-07
Beijing Poly Auction
The world's most expensive porcelain
The same is Qianlong porcelain, still a rotary heart bottle, Qingqianlong Imperial carmine flower set furnace Jun glaze Taiping Elephant Turning Heart Bottle 82.225 million yuan ranked second in the porcelain category. This rotary bottle with the main body of the furnace glaze is the only example in the auction market.
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
Auction time: 2021-12-05
Judging from the trend of Qianlong porcelain auction transactions of more than 10 million yuan in the past 5 years, there was a peak in 2018, and then the market began to adjust, and the sky-high price of Qianlong porcelain in 2020 was released less to form a trough, breaking through to a peak in 2021. The reason is that the sky-high Qianlong porcelain auctioned by Beijing Poly in 2021 occupies half of the country with the advantage of 17 pieces. The auction leader chose the hot Qianlong porcelain in the market under the unstable situation of the epidemic situation at home and abroad, which shows that its expectations for the porcelain artwork market are highly accurate.
Classical furniture: Huanghuali, rosewood are the most popular
Classical furniture is also a category of antique miscellaneous performance. Among them, the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, known as the "world's first case" by the industry, led the way in the huanghuali single-plate frame several types of giant confessions with a transaction of 115 million yuan.
Late Ming and early Qing dynasties Huanghuali single plate frame several types of giant confessions
Length 453cm, width 56cm, height 93cm
The thickness of the single board case is 7.8 to 8 .8cm
The total weight is 289 kg, of which the case weight is 205 kg
Transaction price: 115 million yuan
Refreshed the world record of Classical Chinese Furniture Auction
In 2021, more than 10 million classical furniture was sold
In 2021, there are a total of 11 pieces of classical furniture with more than 10 million, mainly Huanghuali and Rosewood, except for 4 pieces of Rosewood furniture, the rest are Huanghuali material.
From the perspective of chronology, furniture in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties was favored. The precious rarity of wood, coupled with the well-preserved age and the old collection of famous artists, have become important factors affecting the price of classical furniture.
Judging from the number of furniture with a transaction price of more than 20 million yuan in the past 5 years, the number of top lots of classical furniture has increased since 2019, and it has remained at 6 or 7 pieces in the past three years. Affected by the epidemic, the cost of hardwood furniture raw materials has risen, and the scarcity of raw materials has led to an increase in the price of hardwood furniture in the market. In addition to the attributes of investment preservation, classical furniture can also be used for decoration, the domestic demand for classical furniture is strong, and many high-quality Ming and Qing furniture are returned, which increases the high-quality supply of the classical furniture market.
Buddhist Art: Xuande Statue YYDS
Buddhist art can also be remarkable in the auction in 2021, with a total of 100 million yuan Buddha statues and 11 tens of millions of Buddha statues sold. Its chronological distribution is mainly based on the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the most rare Ming Xuande statue is sought after. In the spring auction of 2021, the Ming Xuande Imperial Bronze Gilded Guanyin Seated Statue was sold for 126.5 million yuan at the Beijing Poly Auction, becoming the world's most noble Han Chinese Buddha statue.
Ming Xuande Imperial bronze gilded statue of Guanyin
Height 150cm
Transaction price: 126.5 million yuan
The world's most noble Han Buddhist statue
This statue of Kannon is from the old collection of Mr. Shinda Dongichi, its shape is elegant, its posture is well-proportioned, its face is full and upright, although it has a large volume of 1.5 meters high, but the workmanship is exquisite and unambiguous.
In addition, in the 14th century, the Bronze Gilded Manjushri Bodhisattva of the Maratha Dynasty sold for 57.5 million yuan, becoming the highest himalayan statue in recent years.
In 2021, more than 10 million Buddhist artworks were sold
Judging from the number of lots sold by more than 10 million Buddhist artworks from 2016 to 2021, after experiencing the downturn in 2019 and 2020, Buddhist artworks have successfully bottomed out in 2021, and the future Buddhist art market is expected to recover to the level before 2017. Buddha statues in the market are popular with Han Chinese Buddha statues, especially the court statues of prominent celebrities in the old collection are the focus of the Buddhist art market.
Crafts and miscellaneous miscellaneous
Looking at the high-priced auctions of handicrafts in 2021, all the artifacts that handle the old collection of emperors and famous artists are the objects of market pursuit, especially the seal that highlights the identity of the emperor. Handicraft miscellaneous collection of ancient crafts, led by the "King of Silk" QingQianlong Qingqianlong Qingding Supplementary Carving Duan Shi Lan Ting Tu Ti Silk Full Volume, this 17-meter-long huge work has attracted the attention and amazement of the market as soon as it appeared. It is recorded in the third part of the "Shiqu Baodi", originally stored in the Yanchun Pavilion of jianfu Palace in the Forbidden City. Beijing Poly held a seminar for this silk, and many experts and scholars studied and discussed it.
QingQianlong Qing Ding supplemented the engraving of the duanshi Lanting tu ti silk full volume
5/1714×31.6cm
Transaction price: 241.5 million yuan
In this category, the Qianlong Qianlong Emperor Imperial Treasure Dragon Button White Jade Seal is another lot of more than 100 million yuan, and this Fang Jade Seal was sold for 145 million Hong Kong dollars, setting a world auction record for the Imperial Jade Seal.
Qianlong Qianlong Emperor Imperial Treasure Dragon Button White Jade Seal
10.4 x 10.4 x 7.8 cm
Price realised: HK$145,691,000
Auction date: 2021-04-22
Sotheby's Hong Kong
The only Qianlong "Ji'enTang" seal on the auction market, this jade seal book "Ji'entang" three characters, engraved in the full text of Qianlong's "Ji'enTang", details the deep ancestral friendship between him and the Holy Ancestor Kangxi Emperor, and this Fang Yuxi is also debunking rumors about his father Yongzheng's ascension to the throne.
In 2021, more than 10 million handicrafts and miscellaneous lots were sold