Chapter 21: Qingxin Pavilion Auction
When the auction was about to start, people from all walks of life who came to participate in the auction hall walked into the auction hall and sat down according to the number, Li Zhongcheng's work was just in the middle of the first row, next to Wang Hongxuan, and although Shu Rui and others were sitting in the first row, the position was a little biased, which was also Shu Rui's request, she did not have much requirement for the arrangement of the position, and when she saw that the whole hall was full of people, Shu Wei reacted, this is a great storefront, looking at some people, they are dressed exquisitely, at a glance, it is a political and business dignitaries from all walks of life, it seems that their own obedient really gave themselves a huge surprise!
"Grandpa, you can watch how your granddaughter earns money today!" There is a delicate feeling in this sentence, just like being coquettish, Shu Wei laughed and touched his granddaughter's head, everything has changed for the better since the family has been obedient, as long as no one can threaten the obedient, if yes, hum, he doesn't mind competing with those ordinary people, since he has been cultivating obediently, although he does not feel superior, but it is different, his thoughts and vision are different!
This auction has received unprecedented attention, not only in the city, but also in the province have sent people, city leader Liu Xuan came to the stage to speak, and then the host came to the stage to say a few words, and then the auctioneer came to the stage, and the auction began.
The first lot was a Yongle blue and white folding bowl from the Ming Dynasty. Yongle blue and white entwined branches and four seasons pattern folded along the wash, folded edge, straight wall, flat bottom, the shape imitates Arab silverware. The inside and outside are decorated with blue and white flowers, the inner mouth is painted with sea water patterns, the outer edges are painted with folded branch patterns, the inner and outer walls are painted with four seasons patterns, the inner is painted with group patterns, the blue and white hair color is strong, and the decoration is clear and chic. The starting price is 500,000 yuan, and the price increase is not less than 100,000 yuan each time. When they heard this starting price, Shu Wei and Shu Shan glanced at each other, my obedient, just like this, the starting price of a pair of Yongle blue and white folding bowls is 500,000, which is simply a money grab, but just like this, the people below began to bid for a piece, and they finally knew the true value of those antiques!
"800,000!" Li Zhongcheng was the first to ask for the price, although he came for the blue and white porcelain plate, but he also liked the Yongle blue and white folding bowl very much.
Shu Rui looked at Li Zhongcheng, and saw that the old man was really scorching, and he seemed to like this pair of porcelain very much, and he looked like he was bound to win, this auction would put this porcelain auction item in the first place, and it may not have the intention of letting Li Zhongcheng come out on top, it seems that this pair of Yongle blue and white folding bowls is really Li Zhongcheng's intention.
In the hall, everyone saw that Li Zhongcheng began to shout, as if they wanted to stir up the atmosphere, they all followed the bidding, and after a while, they called 2.3 million, this price is already the sky, it seems that this antique is really burning money!
"Two hundred and thirty-three!"
"Two hundred and thirty-three!"
"Two hundred and thirty-three!"
In the end, the price of one or two million three hundred thousand yuan of the Yongle blue and white folding bowl was patted by Li Zhongcheng, the old man was happy, and he seemed to be very satisfied, as for the price, people didn't care at all, and it was not that others couldn't call the price, but felt that there was no need to bargain with Li Zhongcheng, after all, Li Zhongcheng was a big man, and ordinary people still didn't want to offend, and although this Yongle blue and white folding bowl was good, but two million and three hundred thousand was already the top of the sky, so no one was bidding.
After the auction of the Yongle blue and white folding bowl, it is the lotus leaf lid jar of the Longquan kiln of the Yuan Dynasty.
Yuan Dynasty Longquan kiln lotus leaf cover jar, 23 cm high, 24 cm caliber, 14 cm bottom diameter, two layers of bottom depth of 3.5 cm, bottom thickness of 3 cm, straight mouth, wide shoulder, bulging belly, cover for lotus leaf shape, thick carcass, thick texture, glaze green, bright color, thick tire thick glaze, the bottom of the jar, the body is formed and then bonded on, so the bottom of the circle foot leaves traces of the production of the two layers of tires, the cover of the exposed tire and the bottom of the exposed tire have ochre red, commonly known as "flint red" , the ornamentation is four layers of main ornamentation, prominent for the carved peony, the upper and lower two string patterns. According to the analysis of its shape, ornamentation, glaze color, tire quality, etc., it can be determined as a product in the middle and late Yuan Dynasty.
According to verification, the porcelain production center of Longquan kiln is distributed in Longquan County in southern Zhejiang. Ye of the Southern Song Dynasty recorded in "Tanzhai Biheng" that "Jiangnan is located in Longquan County, and the quality is quite thick". Since the creation of the Song Dynasty, Longquan kiln has gone through the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, with a history of more than 800 years. After the Yuan Dynasty Longquan kiln porcelain was destroyed in the Yuan Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, because the economy of the south was basically not damaged, it provided the basic conditions for the sustainable development of Longquan kiln production at that time. In addition, the development of waterway transportation and the increase in overseas trade have accelerated the production and development of Longquan kilns, and many kilns have been established, such as Wencheng, Yongjia, Taishun, Cangnan and other places in Wenzhou. Lishui area has Jinyun, Qingyuan, Yunhe, Suichang and other places, at this time the products are rich and colorful, a wide variety, especially in the unique innovation of the decoration technique of the open tire, breaking through the decoration of a single color glaze, becoming a heyday of innovation in the history of the development of Longquan kiln. The biggest feature of Yuan Dynasty porcelain is the dual formula of tire glaze, which makes the production of the entire Longquan kiln form a relatively unified standard.
All its utensils are majestic and majestic, and there are different specifications of different sizes in the same shape. The Longquan kiln of the Yuan Dynasty has become a relatively mature period in the history of Chinese celadon, from the process of burning porcelain to the decorative techniques, from the variety of utensils to the types of utensils, as well as the decoration and subject matter, which has pushed the celadon manufacturing industry in Zhejiang to a new peak. Because the products of Longquan kiln in the Yuan Dynasty absorbed the factors of multiculturalism at home and abroad, it formed a unique style of the times, and the lotus leaf lid jar is one of them.
The opening auction was so hot, which also ushered in a good start for the auction, on the other hand, Shu Wei and Shu Shan, the two couldn't help but be speechless, they didn't expect their girls to buy things so valuable, there is a warehouse, and there are a lot of better furnishings in their hometown, thinking that their homes are worth millions or even tens of millions of antiques, the two of them can't sit still, whoever knows the real value of this will also be enlightened, fortunately, they still know where they are, and they haven't made any suitable moves, they still have this endurance!
Longquan lotus leaf lid jar is a special collection category, in addition to art, the practicality is not large, you can't spend millions to buy a vegetable jar to go home, so the general collection of this Longquan lotus leaf lid jar are some lovers who love clay pots, but this appreciation value is not much, but there are also many people flocking to it, to put it bluntly, this Longquan lotus leaf lid jar is quite collectible, only a few years ago there were only a few hundred thousand, and now it has been fried to millions, which is also the reason why everyone loves to collect!
This Longquan lotus leaf lid jar is Shu Rui was originally in the hands of an old man in the antique street, only spent thirty-seven yuan, this Longquan lotus leaf lid jar is not big, according to legend, this Longquan lotus leaf lid jar is made by the Yuan Dynasty famous family, he is the mud color, shape, technique, inscription of the lid jar are like fire out of the clear, is a great figure in the history of Longquan lotus leaf lid jar, but because of his strict requirements for himself, most of the unsatisfactory works were destroyed, so there are very few lid jars in the world, and there are only dozens of pieces that have been handed down.
Shu Rui sent the auction of this Longquan lotus leaf lid jar is made by the late master, in the work, type than its early years are naturally a lot more exquisite, that is to say, the artistry is very strong, and the age is very old, is a very collectible object, the starting price is 1.5 million, is three times that of Yongle blue and white folding bowl, the number of bidders is naturally a lot, most of them are interested in the collection value of this lid jar!
"Two million!"
At the beginning of the auction, someone suddenly shouted, this shouting made Shu Rui and Wang Hongxuan stunned at the same time, turned their heads to look for prestige, the person who asked for the price was a middle-aged man, about forty or fifty years old, in a suit and leather shoes, with deep eyes, Shu Rui was a little stunned, there was a dark cloud above this person's head, which was obviously a symbol of disaster, but she looked at this person with clear eyes and upright, obviously a righteous person, and under the dark clouds it was really a thin purple luck, it seemed that someone was able to take away her luck! This is interesting, I didn't expect that there are still people in this world who can take away the luck of others, it seems that there are still cultivators in this world, but I don't know if this cultivator is an evil cultivator or a righteous cultivator!
"That person is Xuan Tiegang, the president of the Xuan's Group in Handong City, it is rumored that this person likes to collect, especially all kinds of clay pots, it seems that you Longquan lotus leaf lid jar is the only one!"
It turned out that Xu Xihang frowned when he saw Shu Rui, so he explained, Shu Rui nodded, this Xuan Tiegang seems to have an extraordinary background, otherwise he would not have been robbed of his luck, but this has nothing to do with herself, she naturally won't worry about it, and she won't be kind enough to plan disasters for others, so Xuan Tiegang, you still ask for more blessings!
"Two and a half million!"
"Three million!"
"Three million eight hundred thousand!" Xuan Tiegang took his last breath and asked the price to three million eight million, which is considered to be the value of this can, although it is not a loss, but it does not take advantage of it at all, this is a real deal, I only hope that it can really appreciate in the future!
"Four million!"
The bidding continued, Xuan Tiegang gritted his teeth, and finally raised the price again: "Four and a half million!"
"Five million!" A fat man with a gold necklace all over his body directly increased the price by 500,000, in fact, he didn't know how to collect, he just wanted to take this opportunity to make friends with Li Zhongcheng, and another reason was to really be among the upper class, so Xuan Tiegang met a nouveau riche, although he liked the Longquan lotus leaf lid jar very much, but five million has far exceeded the value of the lid jar, he stared at the middle-aged man with a fat head hatefully, and gave up the bid, the middle-aged man glanced at Xuan Tiegang proudly, and then glanced at Li Zhongcheng flatteringly, although he thought of being able to make friends with Li Zhongcheng, but it was really painful to spend five million to buy a broken jar, but for Li Zhongcheng he fought hard, so in the end, this Longquan lotus leaf lid jar was finally sold at a price of five million!