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Chapter 765 'The King of Fang Li' - 'Heaven All Fang Li'

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After Liu Dong raised the price to $3 million, others did not increase the price again.

Charles Kushner wanted Liu Dong to have more blood, but 'once bitten by a snake for ten years and afraid of the well rope', he didn't want to be embarrassed and be cheated by Liu Dong!

If that's the case, I'm afraid even the face of the entire Kushner family will be disgraced by him!

Therefore, after the auctioneer agitated, but still no one responded, it was announced that Liu Dong had won this precious 'Qianlong Imperial Kiln Enamel Apricot Forest Chunyan Picture Bowl' at a price of 3 million US dollars and 24.6 million Chinese coins.

In 2001, the international market price of Chinese porcelain was relatively stable, the price of a good Ming and Qing official kiln was generally about 100,000 US dollars, and the top Ming and Qing imperial kilns, Yuan Qinghua and Song Dynasty five famous kilns, generally did not exceed 10 million US dollars!

It was not until 2005 that the Yuan Qinghua 'Guiguzi Descending Mountain' pattern jar was auctioned at Christie's in London, which sold for 14 million pounds, plus a commission of 15.688 million pounds, equivalent to a sky-high price of 230 million Chinese dollars, that the price of Chinese porcelain was hyped up in the international art trading market.

Of course, now the 'Guiguzi Descending Mountain' Yuan blue and white jar has fallen into Liu Dong's hands by mistake. It will definitely not be sold on the market again. So in the end, can the Chinese art market still be hyped up in 2005 according to its original trajectory? I don't know!

However, with the development of China's economy and the demand for art among the wealthy Chinese, the rise in art prices is certain!

It's just that it is unknown when this last introduction will appear!

Without further ado, after Liu Dong got the 'Qianlong Imperial Kiln Enamel Apricot Forest Chunyan Picture Bowl', another exquisite piece of ancient Chinese porcelain soon appeared on the big screens on both sides of the auction table!

'Qianlong official kiln rouge red background pastel drum pier', 25 cm high, 13 cm diameter at the belly of the drum. Red, yellow and blue, painted with entwined lotus flowers, the pattern is like the porcelain of the Qianlong Dynasty, it is gorgeous and exquisite!

But compared with the 'Qianlong Imperial Kiln Enamel Apricot Forest Chunyan Picture Bowl' just now, the starting price of this official kiln pastel drum pier of the Qianlong Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty is only 30,000 US dollars, and the price increase is only 500 US dollars each time, the gap is too big!

But this is the current situation of Chinese porcelain in the world in 2001!

In addition, many people can't tell the relationship between the imperial kiln and the official kiln.

Strictly speaking, the imperial kiln is also a kind of official kiln, and both kinds of porcelain are supervised and procured by the "official family". Therefore, for the people, it is collectively called official kiln porcelain. But as far as management is concerned. There is a big difference.

The so-called imperial kiln porcelain, refers to the porcelain exclusively for royal use, in the shape, decoration have strict etiquette regulations, strict grades, production zuò at no expense, more exquisite, less quantity, almost no duplicate, but also more precious!

Of course, there is also a strict distinction between imperial kiln porcelain, such as the 'royal porcelain' that is only used by the emperor and the crown prince, the 'royal porcelain' that is specially fired according to the pattern and is used by other members of the royal family, including the prince, and 'under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the prince'. , mostly used as the emperor's reward for the use of the courtiers'.

These porcelains are collectively known as imperial kiln porcelain, and of course the most precious is the royal porcelain, such as the Qianlong enamel pattern bowl that Liu Dong had just bought.

And now the auction of the carmine drum pier is the usual sense of the 'official kiln' ware, the official kiln porcelain is mainly used by a large group of bureaucrats, the type requirements are relatively low, mostly limited to flowers, birds, insects, fish myths and other "etiquette" outside the theme, sometimes the royal will be used as a "fun" toy to procure, but mostly for officials, rich businessmen use. This kind of porcelain is generally procured by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there is a special pottery supervisor in Jingdezhen, who has been firing for many years.

Although compared to the private kiln, the official kiln porcelain is superior in the process of making zuò, but because of the large quantity, the price is relatively low.

Therefore, Liu Dong, who was auctioning this 'Qianlong Official Kiln Rouge Pink Background Pastel Drum Pier', easily spent 38,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to 350,000 Huaxia yuan, and bought it!

And I didn't run into a few competitors in between.

Next, more than 40 pieces of ancient Chinese porcelain were auctioned, Liu Dong got 8 pieces from the bidding, not that he didn't want more, but he didn't want to make too many enemies, after all, he was not the only one who participated in the auction, and there was no need to upset others for a few pieces of official kilns of low value!

After all, there are many people who are richer than him here, if he waits for him to be optimistic about a lot, and others will insert a lever horizontally, it will be enough for Liu Dong to be disgusting at that time!

And there's nothing good about 'eating alone'!

After the auction of more than 40 pieces of Chinese porcelain was completed, the first morning of Christie's auction was basically over, because at half past one in the afternoon, the second half of the auction would start immediately, so except for some guests who wanted to leave the auction in the afternoon, everyone else basically stayed, and of course lunch was all prepared by Christie's auction house.

However, because it is not long, the lunch is not very rich.

By the afternoon, the auction was still Chinese porcelain, and by 5 p.m., 63 lots had been sold, 13 of which Mr. Liu had spent $1.22 million.

After the porcelain auction is over, the next auction will be a mixture of jade, pottery and wood carvings from China, as well as pottery vases from Egypt and ancient Greece, as well as various statues, as well as European clocks and musical instruments, etc., of course, Liu Dong is looking forward to the final lot!

"In the fourth millennium B.C., human beings gradually mastered the technology of smelting bronze, so as to go from the ignorant primitive civilization to the bronze age of slavery, the emergence of bronze tools promoted the great development of human productivity, and ancient Egypt, ancient India, Mesopotamia and Europe, and China became the center of civilization in the world at that time, but the bronze skills of any country and region in the world have never been as brilliant and brilliant as China, leaving a large number of exquisite and amazing precious works of art for thousands of years. And the last lot of the day is the bronze 'Vessel Heaven Quanfang Wei' from the Shang Dynasty in China in the 11th century BC ......!"

The auctioneer's words fell, and looking at the bronze patterns that appeared on the big screen, all the Chinese present were excited. Of course, Liu Dong is also included.

In the last preview, when he saw this bronze wine vessel from the late Shang Dynasty, Liu Dong had already made up his mind to buy it no matter how much it spent.

Because, this 'Vessel Heaven Quanfang Wei' is really exquisite, with a height of 84.8 cm and a height of 63.6 cm, which is bigger than almost all the 'Fang' in Liu Dong's hands now, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the 'King of Fang Wei' in Chinese bronzes!

In addition, this 'dish is all right'. The cover is in the shape of the top of the palace, and the body is made of a rectangular mouth, with a straight neck and a high circle foot. The whole device is based on the cloud and thunder pattern, and is decorated with animal face patterns, dragon patterns, and phoenix bird patterns. The shoulders are decorated with double ear rings, and a beast's head is placed under the front abdomen. The corners of the four sides and the center of each side are decorated with protruding long hook-shaped ridges. The lid is engraved with a seven-character inscription of "Vessel Heaven Father Chazun Yi", and the body of the vessel is a five-character inscription of "Vessel Father Chazun Yi".

The shape is so exquisite, there are inscriptions, and the huge shape of the device is very rare in China and even in the world.

Moreover, this ancient large-scale wine container and ritual vessel was born in the late Shang Dynasty, popular from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, and extinct in the Warring States Period. Bronze Wei has been popular for a short time in history, especially Fang Wei is very rare.

Even if Liu Dong got the treasure of King Zhuang, there were no more than 3 pieces in his hand!

Of course, the more precious things are, the higher the price, for example, this Christie's auction, directly set the starting price of 'Dish Tian Quanfang' to 1.5 million US dollars, and each increase in the price must not be less than 100,000 US dollars, compared with the previous Qianlong Imperial Kiln enamel color bowl.

However, Christie's did not disgrace Christie's, and in less than a minute, the price had risen like a roller coaster to a high of $5 million, and its frenzied bidding was even more than the George IV ruby, which sold for $26 million at the beginning.

"It seems that everyone is very optimistic about this Chinese bronze! Liu, you have quite a few competitors this time!" said Del Roosevelt, who had already seen the eagerness on Liu Dong's face.

"It doesn't matter, it's just that you have more money than anyone!" Liu Dong said confidently.

This time, even if he encounters a spoiler like Charles Kushner again, Liu Dong will not hesitate to fight to the end, because he knows very well that if this kind of national treasure-level bronze treasure is missed, it is difficult to know if there will be a next time.

And Liu Dong, who is burdened with more than 200 million US dollars, also has such capital!

"More than money! Are you the only one who has money here? Participating in this kind of auction, the more you have to calm down and keep calm when you get to this kind of fierce competition! In addition to money, what needs to compete more is intelligence and perseverance! Otherwise, what is the difference between you and those nouveau riche?" Donald Trump admonished unceremoniously next to him.

"I see!" Liu Dong nodded seriously.

It can be seen that this cheap father-in-law has really gradually regarded him as his own and began to teach his life experience by word and deed!

Seeing this, Roosevelt next to him smiled and didn't say anything more.

In his opinion, the young Liu Dong is undoubtedly a vigorous and unruly wild horse, young and talented, although steady, but undoubtedly a lot worse in the wrist of dealing with people, and Donald, an old bird, can undoubtedly try to make up for Liu Dong's shortcomings in this regard.

And the relationship between the two of them, when they say a lot of things, has a lot less scruples than between him and Liu Dong! (To be continued......