"In the last auction, there were six special auctions, two of which were dedicated to Ellsworth's Ming and Qing dynasty furniture, and there were almost 30 lots with a sale of 320 million. This is his last collection, and the quality is very high, so we must be mentally prepared. ”

Ling Tiancheng took out the information and introduced: "Many people in the circle are eager to try it this time, especially several big collectors on Hong Kong Island, the king of Huanghuali, Ye Chengyao, after Huanghuali, Wu Jiaen, and even Zhai Jianmin are also entrusted to participate in the auction, and they are all top experts in the player's tool." ”

"Oh, Ye Chengyao and Wu Jiaen are also participating?"

Su Yuan nodded, it can be seen that An Siyuan's aesthetic taste is so high, even the two top collectors of furniture can't help but tempt to make a move, it is estimated that in addition to Wang Shixiang, only this king of the Ming Dynasty has this kind of appeal.

"The head of Sufubi is now Qiu Guofu?"

Ling Tiancheng nodded and said: "The grandson of Qiu Yanzhi, a great collector of the Republic of China, has auctioned many more than 100 million heavy objects by Qiu Guofu in the past five years, such as the 2015 Hong Kong Island Sufubi Spring Auction "Ning Qing Flocculent Gold - Island Country Treasure Official Kiln Bafang Bottle" special session, Southern Song Dynasty official kiln blue glaze octagonal string pattern plate bottle: 113.88 million Hong Kong dollars, setting the third place in the world auction record of Song Dynasty porcelain, and the buyer is Liu Yiqian. ”

Interestingly, this official kiln Bafang vase comes from the same private collection as the Northern Song Dynasty Ru Kiln Sunflower Wash, which set a new auction record for Song porcelain in 2012 for HK$278.6 million. It was a well-known antique shop in the island nation before the war, and it was once as famous as the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce. ”

Su Yuan took over Qiu Guofu's information, the 2014 Su Fubi Autumn Auction Porcelain and Crafts Sale, Qing Qianlong pink and blue glaze relief Canglong godson picture jar, 92.4 million Hong Kong dollars, setting a world auction record for monochrome glaze. It's an old collection of mountain dwellings, and now I have one in my own hands.

The most sensational is the Ming Chenghua Doucai Chicken Bowl Cup, 281.24 million Hong Kong dollars, setting a world auction record for porcelain, the buyer is Liu Yiqian, and he also has it in his own hands.

In 2014, a large bowl from the Northern Song Dynasty Ding kiln from the Clark Collection of Goro Sakamoto was sold by an Asian collector for a total of HK$146.8 million, the second highest auction price for Song porcelain.

In 2013, Ming Chenghua blue and white entwined branch okra pattern palace cup, 141 million Hong Kong dollars, this lot was won by Zhai Jianmin, and he also had it in his hand.

The other party joined Sotheby's in 1999, and in the following two or three years, he was appreciated by Zhu Tangsheng, who specialized in Ming and Qing ceramics appraisal transactions in the auction house, and officially started learning. At that time, the company was much smaller than it is now, and Sufby's Asia revenue accounted for only 3 to 4 percent of the global market.

His grandfather is a powerful figure in the Republic of China, known as one of the world's five largest collectors of ancient ceramics, in the 50s of the last century, Qiu Yanzhi once used 1,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy a Ming Chenghua Doucai chicken bowl cup that others thought was a fake. In 1980, the price was 4.8 million at Sotheby's auction, and it was hailed as a model of leakage. Now it has exceeded 300 million, which shows the eyesight of the other party.

In order to get a Jianwen year porcelain, due to the short reign of Emperor Jianwen, the porcelain fired was limited, and the porcelain with the year was even rarer.

This pen holder has been passed down to the Republic of China by Tan Jing collection, at that time my grandfather collected Ming Dynasty porcelain, in addition to the Jianwen year, all the Ming Dynasty porcelain have been collected, so if you can't get this porcelain pen holder, it has become a piece of his heart.

The more things he can't get, the more precious he feels, and later, in order to fulfill his wishes, he actually exchanged a full set of Ming Dynasty porcelain that only lacked Jianwen's year in exchange for this porcelain pen holder!

Su Yuan put down the information and secretly laughed, saying that he seemed to have a lot of fate with Qiu Guofu, and he had all the proud works auctioned by the other party, and there was more than one.

"I have an idea, there is still time before the auction, why don't we go to Hong Kong Island first?" Ling Tiancheng suggested: "Let Zhai Jianmin introduce a few senior experts to us, we should pave the way for Tiancheng in advance, and sooner or later we will also enter Hong Kong Island, after all, it is the center of Asian art." ”

Su Yuan nodded in agreement, the real big collectors are on Hong Kong Island and Treasure Island, and there are two top Chinese collector groups there, Minqiu Jingshe and Qingwan Yaji.

Founded in 1960, Min Qiu Monastery is a group of collectors who are fascinated by the collection of ancient artefacts and artefacts, with unique collections of Chinese paintings and calligraphy and a variety of cultural relics. Seminars, seminars and exhibitions are often organised in collaboration with different organisations to share members' findings and appreciations.

Initiated by Hu Renmu, Chen Guangfu and others, the current site is located in Baoyun Building. With the classic exposition of "I am not born to know, I am good at ancient and Min and seek it", they named the collection society Minqiu Jingshe, and took the study of art and appreciation of cultural relics as the purpose of Minqiu.

The members gather a group of well-known people who are not only the pillars of the society, but also the leaders of the collection. Their collections are not only high-level and influential, but also world-renowned to a certain extent.

For example, the calligraphy and painting of Le Zaixuan, Beishan Hall and Xuanhui Hall, the ceramics of Xiande Building, Tianmin Building, Guan Shanming, the collection of Xu Zhantang and Mai Yali, and the ancient furniture of the Jade Mountain House and so on.

Friends get together twice a month, Minqiu is well organized, and the conditions for joining the club are very high. A unanimous vote is required to develop new members, and not a single black ball is allowed.

The style of the meeting is very democratic, the affairs of the conference are democratically managed, the chairman serves a two-year term, and at the same time, he also hires mainland cultural experts and famous overseas collectors as honorary members, and Geng Baochang is the honorary consultant. Although the number of Min Qiu is less than 37 so far, it definitely represents the highest level of collection in Hong Kong.

Minqiu Jingshe has a very distinctive personal collection, such as the first chairman Hu Renmu's Qing Dynasty official kiln monochrome glaze collection, Dr. Ye Yi's bamboo carving rhino horn carving collection, Luo Guixiang's Yixing ceramic tea set collection, Ye Chengyao's Ming and Qing Dynasty furniture collection, Jiurutang Li Daming's ancient porcelain collection, Tianmin Lou Ge Shiqiao's father and son's Ming and Qing Dynasty official kiln porcelain collection, Xu Zhantang's porcelain collection, etc.

Ling Tiancheng immediately arranged the itinerary, this idea had already been planned, it was easiest to follow Su Yuan to make contacts, as soon as the incense road came out, who would compete?

Su Yuan doesn't care, Hong Kong Island is not only a gathering place for wealthy collectors, but also one of the main production areas of guanxiang. Guanxiang refers to the agarwood produced in Liangguang.

Guanxiang is born in the land where the yellow mud and sand and stone are mixed, the leaves are like boxwood, its seeds are like forsythia, it is born when it lands, it is planted to four or five years to cut off the body of the tree, only the ruler is allowed to cover it with soil, so that it can open the soil and chisel the incense head for two or three years, and chisel a few pieces in October every year.

The old incense head is as hard as a stone, and it is not easy to rot even if it is eroded by rain. Some old incense heads are due to the light of the sun and the moon, and the sparkle of frost and dew, giving birth to some balsam lumps.

The lowest grade is white wood incense, this is the first opening of the incense door, the first chiseling, the fragrance is green and astringent, light; the second and third years from the old incense mouth out of the incense knot, the name lotus head incense, this kind of incense block has a slight woody pattern, less oily, the price is slightly higher than the white wood incense.

The highest quality guanxiang, named tooth incense, is chiseled from the old incense tree that has been mined for many years, and Shannon carefully chiseled it into a horsetooth shape, such as the size of a finger.

Tooth incense is a fine product in Guan incense, in ancient times because of its small and fragrant, some Shannon daughters secretly hid in their arms, in exchange for fat powder silk cloth. Every time you take out the tooth incense from your arms, the fragrance is full, and for a long time, it is also called the tooth fragrance for the daughter's incense.

People with good deeds say: the first fragrance in the world!