Christie's Asian Art Week China's Monochrome Glaze Porcelain Reaches New Heights

At the Asian Art Week of Christie's Auction Company of New York, a total of four auctions of Chinese art were arranged on March 24-25. The four auctions were as follows: Gorden, the monolithic glazed porcelain of the Guan kiln in the Qing Dynasty, and fine arts in the early period; Chinese ceramics and crafts I; Dr. Arthur M. Sackler's collection Pat and Chinese Ceramics and Crafts II.

The first auction of Gao Dengxuan - the Qing Dynasty monochrome glaze porcelain and early artwork was held on March 24, and achieved good results. The auction ended with 23.0122 million U.S. dollars, and the transaction rate was 95%. The 99 auctions launched this time are Chinese porcelain and early art collections collected by the American private collector Gao Dengkai. Gordon’s collection is rich in variety, ranging from early bronze wares, colored porcelains to wenwan and everything, including porcelain as the largest, and Tang dynasty and Qing dynasty as the main ones. The porcelains of the Qing Dynasty were most prominent in monochrome porcelain. As for the fine products among the finest items, the porcelain kiln monochrome glazed porcelain of the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties was counted. On the whole, most of the treasures introduced this time in the auction have not been disclosed to the public for more than 30 years. The art lovers have only had a chance to catch a glimpse of these boutiques until today.

The focus of this auction is undoubtedly this Qing Qianlong Qing Qing glaze engraved Bogu dragon bottle, which was valued at 2 million to 4 million US dollars, but eventually traded at a price of more than 7.9 million US dollars, and won the top spot in the entire field. This price is another record for the high turnover of monochrome glaze porcelain in the Qing Dynasty. According to foreign media reports, this blue-glazed dragon bottle was purchased by a private Asian collector. Another piece of Qingluolong blue glazed parrot ear flat bottle is another important instrument of this field. The flat bottle won the favorite of collectors with its unique shape, and finally traded for 5,485,500 USD. In addition, a bottle of blue-glazed olive bottles was also sold at $4,566,200. The vase was photographed by the art trader Richard Littleton (Richard Ritten) and he revealed to the media, "Although the price is a bit high, but this porcelain is too good." And the Qing Dynasty monochrome glazed porcelain wonderful Compared with the performance of the early works, the prices of the works were stable and they were mostly traded up and down.

In this auction, Chinese collectors are still active. Of the top 10 deals, 7 were private possessions from Asia. Obviously, the official kiln porcelain of the third generation of the Qing dynasty was enthusiastically pursued and was not unrelated to the participation of many Chinese collectors. "New York Art" made this assessment: "The Chinese people's desire for Qianlong's porcelain has now reached a desperate level."