bronze sculpture: The Dark Horse in the Collection Market
Bronze has a high return on investment, the Republic of China Beijing Liulichang, fortune antique dealer lot is eat stone majority, can change when a bunch of the Zhou Dynasty bronze tripod kiln porcelain bowl Kangxi jar. Ancient Chinesebronze sculpture are indispensable material information to study the human history today. The difficulty of identifying three generations of bronze to identify the Ming and Qing porcelain kiln compared to much larger, which greatly increased its profit margins. Nineties of last century the rise of the domestic art auction, due to policy, legal and other external factors, rare bronzes appeared on the market, the auction is only an individual bronze phenomenon.
Duo Yun Xuan Shanghai in 1995, was auctioned off a Shang Dynasty bronze Kui Wen Gu, valued from 500,000 to 600,000 yuan, did not arouse much interest, sold only 75 million, the price flat. Christie’s New York in 2001 launched a grand Western Zhou Dynasty bronze wine vessel – “Vincent III” party jar device, its small number survive in the world, especially the high-type, the width, in the current found in similar-type No one can match his. Therefore, it is necessary and essential to study and learn the development history of Chinese bronze sculpture. And with the same or similar-type multi-hidden in the Shanghai Museum and the Beijing Palace Museum, interestingly, this wine is now hidden in the lid of Hunan Provincial Museum. When the Western Zhou Dynasty bronze wine vessel on the beat, by collectors around the world in hot pursuit, and finally by a French private collector for $ 9,246,000 in the bag, the price of Asian art auction created a new price.
Previous Record canopic jars for the 1996 Korea dragon, sold for $ 8.5 million. After the birth of the record, had a significant impact in the country, the major media have also been reported, and to promote the domestic bronze auction. The appreciation of the can both offer a great artistic enjoyment and enrich our cultural life. After 2004, China Guardian, Yunnan and Shanghai Chong source Yanlord have launched a heavyweight auction, but auction bronze mixed in 2005, China Guardian had a rare return to the Western Zhou bronze wave of overseas grain ears covered pot song on the film, this pot’s valuation of $ 3.5 million to 550 million, did not ultimately finding friends and bids. In the same year, in autumn 2005, Shanghai Chong source on the film, released overseas back one bronze Zhou Yi Zhou bronze pot.
This wave of Western Zhou bronze curved lines ears covered pot tall robust body, slender upper body, abdominal fullness, long neck, hanging belly, ring foot outside the extravagant, the first title ring animal ears, cover top shape for the ring foot. In the progress of pursuing bronze sculpture, we are able to achieve enlightenment from the lessons of the history. Quintana three patterns, fill patterns to mine, the pot of body divided into two groups on Xianwen in the next three sections, each are decorated with curved wave patterns, fill in the triangle between decoration, mouth, eyebrow, etc. shape. Cover crest group phoenix. Cover edge and circular foot, decorated with animal body curl pattern, pattern and bold outline, flowing freely, showing the high weight of ancient temples and stately solemn device. We love the Chinese ancient According to expert research, this pot is now hidden with the Palace Museum in Taipei, the week should be a pair of pot is a rare, early Qing collection are. It is noteworthy that the National Palace Museum in Taipei pieces of artifacts that cover lost, it shows this precious bronze.
This week should pot the entire device weighing 16 kilograms, height 58 cm, huge body, more than 20 words on the inscription. The unique and infinite tension of china bronze sculpturelet us deeply experience the super beauty and exuberant vitality belonging to this wise nation. Shed from the Qing after the device has Dingyan Chen, Liu physical and intellectual collection, and was clear the ancient West Kam, Zhai Zhong Dingyi ancient plot device by more than ten kinds of bibliographic bronze masterpiece. This pot buyers separate ways after a fierce bidding, and finally to 26.4 million yuan by a mystery buyer of high-priced acquisition, a sensation at home and abroad. There are indications that China is expected strength bronze collection, a collection of dark horse.
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