On the occasion of the blooming of spring, China Guardian's 55th online auction "Only Fragrance is Like the Past" special session, launched the red clay collection version of the traditional Hexiang Su Dongpo "Spring Letter in the Snow", based on the Spring Letter in the Snow Fragrance Formula, adding the original essence of plum extracted by liposuction method, named after "no plum", taking the meaning of "there is no plum fragrance in the world". There are also a number of unreserved lots, as well as the rich and charming agarwood Qinan incense, "vintage incense" and agarwood Qinan ornaments from various origins.
Su Dongpo "Spring Letter in the Snow"
Spring letter in the snow is an ancient Internet celebrity incense, and it is also Su Dongpo's favorite, it is said that Su Dongpo spent 7 years in order to mix this fragrance. What was the taste of spring letter in the snow back then, people today have no way of knowing, but from the surviving incense recipes, you can still get a glimpse of one or two, just like the plum blossoms blooming in the heavy snow, the cold of the snow and the warm fragrance of the plum blossoms are intertwined. This red clay collector's edition of "Spring Letter in the Snow" pursues this artistic conception: there is no one in the cold mountains, but the fragrance of plum is smelled everywhere. Extract the original essence of plum by liposuction method, more precious, a whole mountain of more than 200 kilograms of plum, only made into 3 tubes of "no plum", comparable to Su Dongpo 7 years of incense.
Lot 10141
Contemporary Ling Kun made "no plum" laterite collector's edition Su Dongpo "Spring Letter in the Snow" 1 box
Spice ratio: 30% Fusen red clay root, Nha Trang partridge spot, liposuction method to extract the original essence of plum
Specifications: about 21cm long, about 40 pieces, about 10g/tube, 1 tube/box
Combustion time: 50 minutes (no wind)
Mark: Hall 24.013.1, i.e. 24 years of production, No. 013 incense recipe, batch 1
Limited number: 1/3
Source: Kowloon Agarwood Museum
Remarks: Wild ingredients
起拍价:RMB 3,300
Aroma style: high-key: the cold and quiet wisps of fresh plum silk, the cool and elegant dark fragrance and agarwood, as if coming from a distance, make people feel calm;
Heart notes: Nha Trang's sugar sweetness and refreshing coolness slowly spread, like stepping on the snow in winter to find plums, but the empty mountains are silent, no one and silent;
Low-key: The sweetness, fruitiness and lingering energy of the red clay and the tranquility of the plum are like being on a hillside under the warm winter sun, peaceful and warm.
Ling Kun, known as "Saigon Match", is the founder and director of Chongqing Jiulong Agarwood Museum, the representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Chongqing's "traditional incense making skills", and a senior agarwood collector and incense maker.
No Reserve Price Feature
Lot 10155
Contemporary 2019 made 1 box of old incense sticks
Origin: Vietnam
Grade: Old
Weight: 20g
Source: Sanxiang San
Remarks: Wild ingredients
起拍价:RMB 1,000
If agarwood is the "first of all incense", Qi Nan is the "relic in incense", the oil content of Qi Nan is generally higher than that of agarwood, and the aroma is more sweet and rich. Most agarwood has almost no fragrance when it is not lit, but unlike Qi Nan, it can also exude a cool and sweet smell when it is not burned, which is refreshing. During the smoking, the fragrance of agarwood is very stable, but the head, main and tail incense of Qi Nan will have obvious changes. Moreover, the production of Qi Nan is less than that of agarwood, which makes Qi Nan agarwood especially precious for a number of reasons.
When burned, the incense sticks made of chessboard will release a refreshing aroma that makes people feel a quiet and peaceful magnetic field. There has always been a saying in the market: "In this life, you can smell the fragrance of chess, and the third life will cultivate good karma." "Qi Nan has been the "ceiling" in the circle since ancient times, and it is also a holy product in incense, and its preciousness cannot be replaced by ordinary agarwood.
Lot 10151
Contemporary Chen Qiaosheng made a lotus smoker
Size: H 37cm
Weight: 4250g
Material: refined copper
Source: Suzhou Qiaosheng Furnace Museum
起拍价:RMB 1,000
This smoker uses cranes and lotus flowers as creative elements, implying auspiciousness. The crane symbolizes auspiciousness, longevity and loyalty, and the lotus flower is a representative of holiness. Take the form of the crane stepping on the lotus leaf and the lotus flower in the mouth to make the smoker, and the smoke is curling, and the fairyland is immediately revealed. The abdomen of the crane has a "Jiangdong Chen Qiaosheng system".
Chen Qiaosheng, whose name is Yanqi, was born in a family of copper furnaces, and his ancestors have been engaged in the production of bronze and copper furnaces since the Qing Dynasty, and are the third generation of Chen's bronze making skills. Chen Qiaosheng has loved traditional Chinese culture since childhood, and has a special fondness for the traditional "Xuande furnace" production skills, and has been studying hard for more than 40 years, and is committed to restoring, inheriting and carrying forward the traditional "Xuande furnace" production skills. Chen Qiaosheng's "Qiaosheng model" ancient rhyme copper furnace is called "Qiaosheng furnace" by the collectors of the world, strictly follow the ancient craftsmanship and production skills, the shape is simple, the craftsmanship is exquisite, the color is moist, full of aura, and the treasure light is introverted. Due to his outstanding achievements and special contributions in the restoration of traditional copper furnace production skills, the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government awarded Chen Qiaosheng the title of "Representative Inheritor of Jiangsu Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Project (Suzhou Antique Bronze Making Skills)", and formulated the protection plan of "Chen Qiaosheng Bronze Lost Wax Casting Process", and assisted in the establishment of Chen Qiaosheng Copper Art Making Skills Master Studio, Chen Qiaosheng Furnace Culture and Art Museum and Suzhou Qiaosheng Furnace Museum. Suzhou Qiaosheng Furnace Museum is the first copper furnace culture theme museum in China to present intangible cultural heritage and traditional copper furnace casting skills.
Lot 10152
Contemporary Chen Guancheng made green smoke to support the jade Linglong smoker
Size: H 20.3cm, D 11.2cm
Weight: 3205g
Material: refined copper
Source: Suzhou Qiaosheng Furnace Museum
起拍价:RMB 1,000
Detail of Ming Qiuying's "Spring Dawn in the Han Palace" (now in the National Palace Museum, Taipei)
This smoker is inspired by the Ming Dynasty painter Qiu Ying's "Spring Dawn in the Han Palace" (now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei), and uses the strange stones of Taihu Lake as the theme to create a new vessel. And it was broadcast in the CCTV10 "Exploration and Discovery" column of "Craftsman and Ingenuity" (142). There is a "crown made by Gong" at the bottom of the furnace.
The strange stones of Taihu Lake are naturally natural, and the world takes thinness and wrinkles as the wind. This time into the furnace, take its majestic and heavy posture, the state of the rugged, precision casting vortex ditch ring hole, the shape of the exquisite strange stone, really like the tiger clouds.
Burning incense inside, light smoke lingers around the stone-like furnace body, heavy smoke falls, like a waterfall along the lotus petals slowly falling.
The so-called smoke into clouds, illusion into stone, smoke from the stone, clouds lined with stone potential, interdependence, wonderful.
Chen Guancheng, whose name is Xuanrui, is the son of Chen Qiaosheng, a master of Chinese copper furnaces, the inheritor of Chen's copper furnace and Qiaosheng furnace production skills, and the director of Suzhou Qiaosheng Furnace Museum. After years of attempts and explorations, Chen Guancheng restored the long-lost Xuande furnace "Da Hong Pao" leather color production technique, and applied it to the restoration of the Ming and Qing Dynasty court utensils copper furnace. In 2016, the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government awarded Chen Guancheng the title of "Jiangsu Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Project" (Bronze Lost Wax Casting Technique) as the representative inheritor. In 2020, "Lion Ear Extravagant Mouth Smoker" won the first prize of Su Yun Liufang Suzhou Youth Handicraft Exhibition and was permanently collected by Suzhou Museum.
Lot 10177
Contemporary 1970s Hainan Shenshui grade agarwood
Origin: Hainan
Grade: 1970s submerged grade old material, 5A+ grade
Dimensions: length 43.2mm, width 31.93mm, thickness 6.46mm
Weight: 3.48g
Source: Wushuang Pavilion
Notes: Wild
起拍价:RMB 1,000
This incense product is Hainan Shenshui grade agarwood, the tree time is about 70s, 5A+ quality. The oil is abundant, the texture is hard, warm, the color is fresh, the smell is already very sweet, the furnace is sweet and majestic, the breath is long, the fragrance base is clean, thick and regular.
Hainan has the original ecological white wood fragrance tree species. The incense formation speed of Hainan incense is slow, the density of the incense is much higher than that of other production areas, the color is vivid and colorful, and the fragrance rhyme is famous for being elegant, delicate, long and full of gas, which is precious and precious since ancient times.
The Qing Dynasty poet Li Tiaoyuan made a detailed description in "Notes on Nanyue": The fire land in the south of the country, the semen of the sun emitted, its plants and trees are fragrant, and the powerful ones are all fragrant. The wood has the whole of the sun, and the branches and roots can be a fragrance by themselves, so the saying goes: Hainan is more yang, and a tree is fragrant. Hainan won with Wan'an Limu Dongtong Xiang. Its place is located in the east of Qiong Island, the air of the morning sun is early, the fragrance is especially clear, more than the lotus calyx, Mei Ying, goose pear, honeycomb and the like. Burn a little, the atmosphere is in the room, although the coal embers are not scorched, there is more and more than the fragrance.
Lot 10182
Contemporary Brunei stack incense level "six-character mantra" agarwood bracelet
Origin: Brunei
Grade: Stack incense grade
镶嵌：银（外框）、8K合金（金刚杵）
Size: Bead diameter 14mm
Source: Sanxiang San
备注:野生起拍价:Rhomb 1,000
This six-character mantra agarwood bracelet is carefully carved with stacked incense-grade agarwood from the Brunei production area, with 925 silver + 8K alloy (vajra), with low-key color and rich texture.
Brunei is a small production area of agarwood in the Xingzhou system, but it ranks among the best in the quality of agarwood in the Xingzhou system. The area is small, so the production of agarwood is not high, but its wonderful fragrance is deeply loved by people, and Brunei agarwood is also the "king of agarwood in the Xingzhou system" in the hearts of many incense friends. The oil of this Brunei agarwood bracelet is black and shiny, and its oil line resembles the texture of snakeskin.
Lot 10191
Contemporary Brunei cropped agarwood bracelet
Origin: Brunei
Grade: Nearly nine points of old material in the heart of the sunken tree
Size: Bead diameter 7.75mm
Weight: 3.94g
Source: Wushuang Pavilion
Notes: Wild
起拍价:RMB 1,000
Brunei is the first-tier production area of the Sin Chew system. This string of bracelets is made of old Brunei agarwood materials, the heart of the tree is fragrant, about 9 minutes of submersion, the slightest cool air is sandwiched with cool medicinal fragrance and floral fragrance, mellow, drilled through, refreshing and refreshing. The texture is delicate, the texture of the grease line is clear, one wood and one vessel, and the whole string is made of the same material.
Lot 10192
Contemporary Brunei Nine Fen Shen 108 beads agarwood bracelet
Origin: Brunei
Grade: Nearly nine points of old material in the heart of the sunken tree
Size: Bead diameter 7.73mm
Weight: 17g
Source: Wushuang Pavilion
Notes: Wild
起拍价:RMB 1,000
Brunei is the first-tier production area of the Sin Chew system. This string of bracelets is made of old Brunei agarwood materials, the heart of the tree is fragrant, about 9 minutes of submersion, the slightest cool air is sandwiched with cool medicinal fragrance and floral fragrance, mellow, drilled through, refreshing and refreshing. The texture is delicate, the texture of the grease line is clear, one wood and one vessel, and the whole string is made of the same material.
Lot 10193
Contemporary Daragan Nine Minutes Shen 108 Beads Agarwood Bracelet
Origin: Daragán
Grade: Nine points sink into the heart of the old material
Size: bead diameter 9mm, Buddha head 11.11mm, disciple bead 7.03mm
Weight: 33.9g
Source: Wushuang Pavilion
Notes: Wild
起拍价:RMB 1,000
This Dalagan agarwood Buddha beads are taken from the old material of the heart of the Dalagan agarwood tree, and the lower tree has been mellowed for a long time. The color is uniform, the smell is like pine resin, and the sweetness is fragrant. The incense beads are cut to maintain the true color of the incense, the texture is delicate, and it is carefully ground by hand, without any high polishing treatment, and the color will be more moist after a little wearing. One wood and one vessel, the beads are round, concise, simple, full, rich in oil, and the natural oil line is clearly visible, black and white, which is the standard oil color of the Dalagan area, and the taste of the standard Dalagan production area.
Agarwood Qi Nan from various origins
Lot 10189
Contemporary Hong Kong submerged grade sugar knot chess Nan "six-character proverb" pendant
Place of Origin: Hong Kong, China
Grade: Sugar knot chess nan, submerged grade tree heart old material
Setting: 18K gold
Size: diameter 33.29mm, thickness 7.8mm
Weight: 4.23g of agarwood, 8.53g of 18k gold, total weight 12.76g
Source: Wushuang Pavilion
Notes: Wild
起拍价:RMB 38,000
This six-character proverb flame pattern pendant is selected from Hong Kong submersible grade sugar knot chess nan, extremely jade wild tree heart old material, high degree of maturation, and natural mellowing degree for a long time, delicate and moist texture, green with ruddy, and colorful, thick and full of oil line, clear history, refreshing and refreshing. The room temperature is moist and sweet, mellow, the aroma of the furnace is cool and sweet, the breath is clean, the rhyme is vivid and long, and the fragrance is long-lasting.
The six-character proverb (ॐमणिपद्मेहूँ), also known as the six-character Da Ming Dharani, the six-character Da Ming mantra, the six-character mantra, and the Mani mantra, is the heart mantra of Avalokiteshvara, derived from Sanskrit.
The overall olfactory level of Hong Kong incense is relatively high, and it has high recognizable characteristics in the external form and aroma, and the aroma is sweet, light and graceful. There are various ways to make incense in China, including tabby knots, orchid knots, sugar knots and oil knots.
【Sugar Knot Qi Nan】(1) Incense because of the tree is divided into oysters, then Qi Nan yin and yang, shape and quality are different, sugar Qi Nan is a slur, characteristic Tongli, smell its fragrance is hidden, although it is not as fragrant as oil knot Qi Nan, but the essence and the spirit are guarded, and the smell of burning turns to flourish (that is, the aroma is strong when burning) "Materia Medica"
(2) Ming Dynasty literati Zhenheng "Chronicles of Long Things" cloud: there are two kinds of sugar knots and gold wires. Sugar knotted noodles, black as lacquer, hard as jade, sawed with oil, if the sugar is the most expensive.
Lot 10187
Contemporary East Malaysia submersible dzi carving agarwood bracelet
Origin: East Malaysia
Grade: Submersible
Setting: amber, 18K gold
Size: L 24cm, the diameter of the main bead is 2.0cm, and the average diameter of the matching beads is 1.0cm
Source: Sanxiang San
Notes: Wild
起拍价:RMB 99,000
Historically, East Malaysia agarwood is famous, belonging to the first-line production area of the Sin Chew system, and is deeply loved by Middle Eastern people. As far as the Sin Chew system is concerned, East Malaysia agarwood is still the top grade. This East Malaysia agarwood bracelet is black and shiny, golden wood skin color and black oil line are intertwined, the texture is very delicate and moist, and it can be said that it is a collection of strengths in terms of fragrance, sweet and cool, pure and not mixed, thick but not greasy. There is a slight herbal flavor in the coolness, which makes people unconsciously smell the coolness, sweet and long. Using submersible grade raw materials, the diameter of the beads carved by the dzi pattern is 2.0cm, pure hand-carved, the pattern is exquisite, the dzi pattern is taken from the natural weathering texture of the dzi, meaning auspicious, the silk is in the buckle, and the simple and gorgeous flow is blessed. The average diameter of other barrel beads, small round beads and piece beads is about 1.0cm, and the different shapes of agarwood beads and pieces of beads are crossed with amber root, which is exquisite, ancient and gilded, and deeply beautiful.
Lot 10194
Contemporary Hong Kong Shenshui grade 108 beads agarwood bracelet
Place of Origin: Hong Kong, China
Grade: submerged grade Baotou old material
Setting: 24K gold, turquoise, diamonds
Size: Diameter approximately 6.6mm (108 grains), Buddha head 8.58mm (1 grain), disciple beads 4.59mm (6 grains)
Weight: 17.6g of agarwood, 1.99g of turquoise, total weight 20.13g
Source: Wushuang Pavilion
Notes: Wild
起拍价:RMB 110,000
This string of incense beads is cut from Hong Kong's wild thick meat Baotou sinking grade agarwood old material, rich in oil, grains submerged, hard, yellow, delicate, thick and beautiful oil line, sweet and mellow aroma at room temperature. The incense beads are cut to maintain the true color of the incense, each one is full of energy, and has not undergone any high polishing treatment, and the color will be more warm after a little wearing.
China has a vast land and abundant products, and the main production areas of incense are Hainan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Guangxi, etc. There are the original ecological Laoguan incense tree species (Hong Kong, Guangdong and other production areas as representatives) and white wood incense (Hainan) tree species, the incense formation speed of domestic incense is slow, the density of incense is much higher than that of other production areas, the color is fresh and colorful, the fragrance rhyme is famous for being elegant, delicate, long, full of qi, and is the top grade of traditional Chinese medicine, which is precious and expensive since ancient times.
Lot 10181
Contemporary Thai stack incense grade agarwood bracelet
Origin: Thailand
Grade: Stack incense grade
Setting: silver, zircon
Size: Bead diameter 0.6cm
Source: Sanxiang San
Notes: Wild
起拍价:RMB 29,000
This agarwood bracelet is selected from Thailand's high-quality production area, with a fine oil line, brown eyes are evenly distributed, polished into beads, full of small holes, uniform size. Silk oil, naturally dense, moist and elegant. The bracelet is arranged in three rows of beads, connected by a silver zirconia clasp, which is fashionable and elegant.
Thailand agarwood belongs to the Hui'an system, Thailand is located in the middle of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia, although the territory is vast, but the production of agarwood is extremely rare, so in the world's fragrance treasure house, Thai agarwood with its unique fragrance and profound cultural heritage, known as the "soul of fragrance". The agarwood oil produced here has high density, hard and submergent, black and shiny, faint plum fragrance, silky coolness, long-lasting sweet rhyme, floral fragrance with sweetness, coolness is larger, the air rhyme beats energetically, when it smells clearly, it is cool and sweet, and it is fascinating.
Lot 10186
Contemporary Indonesian submersible grade barrel bead agarwood bracelet
Origin: Indonesia
Grade: Submersible
Mosaic: Coral
Size: L 86cm
Source: Sanxiang San
Notes: Wild
起拍价:RMB 36,000
This bracelet is made from immersion-grade Indonesian agarwood, which is the raw material of agarwood collected in the early years, carefully made by experienced craftsmen, hand-drilled and polished, and made by heavy processes. The shape is elegant, simple and simple, matched with red coral, containing antique beauty.
The ancients said: those who sink when they enter the water are called "sinking water" incense, followed by those who are half floating and half sinking, are called "stack incense", and those that float on the water surface again are called "yellow ripe incense".
Lot 10185
Contemporary Dalagan Shenshui grade 108 beads agarwood bracelet
Origin: Daragán
Grade: Submersible
Size: Diameter 6mm
Weight: 13.18g
Source: Sanxiang San
Notes: Wild
起拍价:RMB 69,000
This 108-grain agarwood bracelet is made of agarwood raw materials of Shenshui-grade Dalagan, and you can see the rich oil from the surface, showing a soft and waxy texture. In the ancient book "Xiangyan", it is written: "Black is the first, and yellow is second." The angle is black and moist, the yellow is yellow and yellow, the wax is flexible, and the leather is horizontal and horizontal, all of which are of the highest quality. It is described that the quality of agarwood in the black oil grid is better than that of the butter grid, and the agarwood with clear and flexible lines is the top grade. Judging from the details of each agarwood bead, you can see the delicate high-quality lines, and the moist oil line is also clearly visible.
Among the major production areas of agarwood, Dalagan agarwood is famous, not only a first-line production area, but also has the reputation of "the pearl of the Xingzhou system" and "the overlord of Xingzhou". It has been named with many names, which shows the status of Dalagan agarwood. Dalagan is rich in landforms, fertile mountain soil, and abundant precipitation all year round, under the influence of special geographical environment and climate, the taste of agarwood here is rich in layers, and the milk fragrance has a sweet coolness. Although the flavor of this milk is strong, it does not smell cloudy, but is very clear and recognizable. Over time, Daragan became synonymous with this fragrance.
Lot 10175
Contemporary Hair Crystal bottled with Vietnamese old extract essential oils
Origin: Vietnam
Grade: Old
Process: Extraction
Weight: Essential oil 3g
Size: H 8.5cm
Source: Sanxiang San
备注:野生起拍价:Ramb 6,600
Vietnamese agarwood is originally the best tribute incense in agarwood, and it is even more rare after being refined into essential oils. The essential oil of this product is made of old Vietnamese agarwood raw materials, using low-temperature cold brew, with high purity and excellent quality. Its main feature is that it has a strong and unique sweet taste. It ensures the advantages of high quality purity, pure and long-lasting fragrance, rich charm and change in the front, middle and back tones, and is the purest agarwood essential oil.
In terms of aroma, this Vietnamese agarwood lingers for a long time, and the fragrance changes according to the temperature of the human body, with a sweet and cool top note, a sweet middle note, and a light and elegant back note. The aroma is elegant, the fragrance is deep, it is stable for a long time, it is full of charm, and the rendering power is very strong. Helps to increase romanticism, calm the mind, soothe emotions, etc.
Bottled in hair crystals, the crystals are clean, the hair color is uniform, neat and dense, and the metallic luster is strong.
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