Chapter 906: Underrated Fine Porcelain
It's off to a great start!
Ye Tian was quite satisfied with the transaction price of Chen Rong's "Six Dragons"! This price even exceeded his expectations!
But man's desires never end!
After calming down his emotions a little, Ye Tian jokingly launched a sigh.
"Mr. Li, thank you for your generosity! 310 million RMB, a very good price! It seems that I have to find a way to get my hands on the "Nine Dragons" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston!
That is the pinnacle of Chen Rong's painting! If that national treasure-level painting is sent to auction, the final transaction price must not exceed 1 billion yuan!
"Hahaha"
There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and everyone shook their heads helplessly while laughing.
I've never seen such a greedy guy today!
Mr. Li was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud, very heartily!
"Xiao Ye, you kid is so insatiable! But I agree with your idea very much, if you kid can get the "Nine Dragons" back to China, I will be completely convinced!"
"That's right, Xiao Ye, if you kid can get the "Nine Dragons Map" back, it will definitely be a great achievement! As long as you open your mouth in the future, we old guys will come out to help you kid stand and cheer!"
The crowd responded at the scene, and the scene was very lively!
Among them, the largest number and the loudest voices are cultural experts from major museums in China.
Especially the top experts in the Forbidden City and the National Museum, everyone's eyes instantly became extremely bright, shining brightly, like a searchlight.
If someone says this, they will scoff at it, thinking that it is impossible to do it!
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is not opened by your family, so why did Ren Laomei let you take away the priceless "Nine Dragons"?
But the person who said this was Ye Tian, which immediately made them think about it, feel a great increase in hope, and their hearts were excited.
Is there anything this kid can't do? It doesn't seem to be!
The national treasure "Six Dragons", which has just been auctioned, and other national treasure-level antique artworks that will appear one after another, are the best proof of this.
If this kid is really allowed to do it and bring Chen Rong's pinnacle work "Nine Dragons" back to China, it will definitely cause a sensation in the entire antique shop!
Ye Tianchong nodded to many cultural experts in the audience, and then said confidently:
"It's a pity that I didn't find the right opportunity this time, but I believe that there will definitely be another opportunity in the future.
As I said before, this is a national treasure belonging to our Chinese, and the place where it should exist most is this land, and only the people living here know how to appreciate them best!"
"I love to hear that! We're waiting for your good news! I hope you kid succeeds!"
Jin Lao of the Forbidden City smiled and said loudly, his eyes full of appreciation.
The rest of the people also nodded in agreement, everyone's eyes were full of anticipation, who wouldn't want to see the return of a national treasure?
"I'm sure there will come a day!"
Ye Tian nodded confidently and said, and then returned to the topic!
"Okay, let's not talk about it, let's continue the auction! There are still many good treasures, time is limited, and then I want to speed up the auction, I hope everyone can keep up."
The lots that appeared afterwards will not be explained in detail, everyone has visited the preview, and they should know about it, and they must have already determined the goal and formulated the price range.
At the same time as I am introducing, buyers who are interested in bidding, please fill in your quotation, and when I finish my introduction, the service staff will immediately go down to collect the quotation envelope!
This can save a lot of time, and the bid opening procedure is still the same as just now, the bid will be opened by the notary, and the whole process will be broadcast live to ensure that everyone can see it with their own eyes!"
When the words fell, there was an immediate response from the audience.
"Okay! It's a good thing to do, it really speeds up, so you don't have to wait in a hurry!"
"What is the second antique artwork on the auction? Ye Tian, hurry up and announce it! Don't be careful!"
Without a moment of waiting, Ye Tian raised his hand sideways to the big screen behind him, and said loudly with a smile:
"Everyone, please look at the big screen, this is the second lot today, also from the Southern Song Dynasty, but it is not a painting and calligraphy art, but a beautiful antique porcelain!"
With his voice and movements, the images on several large screens changed at the same time, and a beautiful antique porcelain appeared on the big screen and appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
This is a white glazed jade pot spring bottle, also called the shadow green glazed jade pot spring bottle, the color is lush, plain and elegant, pure and delicate, beautiful and incomprehensible.
Under the illumination of the photographic spotlight, this jade pot spring vase radiates a dazzling and charming light, bringing people an otherworldly and dusty beauty.
The moment I saw this jade pot spring bottle, there was a discussion in the exhibition hall.
"It's actually this treasure, my heart is so good!
"I didn't say it! How can such a perfect jade pot spring vase from the Hutian kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty be missed? I still don't believe it, is this treasure still unrelated to me?"
At the same time as the discussion, many people have begun to bow their heads and fill in the quotation.
For such a wide-open Hutian kiln jade pot spring vase, no one wants to miss it if you like antique porcelain!
More importantly, the market value of Hutian kiln porcelain in the Southern Song Dynasty is seriously underestimated, and the Hutian kiln porcelain in good condition is generally only a few million yuan!
Compared with the price of more than 300 million yuan in "Six Dragons", the price of Hutian kiln porcelain is obviously very close to the people, everyone can afford it, and there are naturally many interested competitors!
Ye Tian's voice came again, still a very professional introduction.
"This is a Southern Song Dynasty Hutian kiln blue and white glazed jade pot spring bottle, the glaze color is smooth, the shape is regular, the quality is intact, there is no flaw, it is a rare Hutian kiln fine porcelain.
Located in today's Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, the Hutian kiln site is famous for firing green and white porcelain like ice and jade, and is known as 'blue as the sky, bright as a mirror, thin as paper, and sound like a chime'.
In history, Hutian kiln porcelain is known as 'fake jade' because of its glaze color is blue and elegant, the glaze is clear and beautiful, the tire is firm and greasy white, and the color is warm and moist like jade.
In the Southern Song Dynasty Li Qingzhao's "Drunken Flower Yin", there is such a sentence "jade pillow yarn cupboard", and the jade pillow mentioned here specifically refers to the blue and white porcelain pillow fired by the Hutian kiln.
According to my identification, this Hutian kiln white glazed jade pot spring vase comes from the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, which has a history of nearly 1,000 years, and has been collected in the famous British Museum before!
As for how the British got this porcelain, I think everyone here knows very well that this is a treasure looted from Beijing during the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China!
In 2004, the jade pot and 14 other Chinese antiques were stolen from the British Museum and were never seen until I found them in Boston, USA.
When I encountered this kind of fine antique porcelain from China, of course, I couldn't let it go, and I used some means to finally take these fifteen stolen antique artworks as my own!
This time, I brought back a few of them and presented them to everyone, so that everyone could enjoy them, and at the same time, I also hoped to find a new owner for them and keep them in China.
That's all I have to say, about the blue and white glazed porcelain of the Hutian kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty, everyone here must know better than me, and the class has an axe!
After speaking, Ye Tian immediately hugged his fists and arched his hand under the stage, very decent!
"Hey, this is so rare, Xiao Ye, you kid is so humble! But to be honest, your understanding of Hutian kiln porcelain is definitely no worse than anyone here!
What's more, it's your kid's practice of bringing these top antique artworks back to China, which makes people have to give your kid a thumbs up and say hello!"
"That's right! If it were someone else, maybe all these treasures would be sent to the major auction houses in New York, and they might not be brought back to China!"
Several well-known cultural experts and collectors in the front row said one after another, and everyone was full of appreciation.
The people who can sit in the front rows of seats are all famous figures in the domestic antique industry, and they are all masters who have eaten and seen!
Although the blue and white glazed jade pot spring vase of the Hutian kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty is a rare treasure, it cannot impress them, so that these big bulls in the industry can participate in the competition.
Therefore, these people have time to interact with Ye Tian.
On the other side, more than a dozen hotel service staff have entered the audience and began to collect the quotation envelopes of many bidders.
Two or three minutes later, all the white envelopes containing the quotations were in the glass bidding box!
What happened next was the same as when the auction for the "Six Dragons" was opened.
Several notaries got up and went to the table where the bidding box was located, read the notarial oath, and then opened the bids together!
The crowd and the family members in the lounge witnessed the entire bid opening process through the big screen, and everyone saw it very clearly.
The only difference is that the scene is much quieter this time, and everyone is not as excited as just now!
The reason for this situation is that the price of this Hutian kiln jade pot spring bottle is not very high, and it should even be said that it is very low, and everyone can't be excited at all!
In the end, this Hutian kiln jade pot spring vase was sold for 2.85 million yuan, and the reserve price set by Ye Tian was announced, which was 2.38 million, and the gap was not too big!
Next, the third lot was quickly displayed.
It is also a work of calligraphy and painting, from the famous painter at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, one of the four families of the Yuan Dynasty, an ink landscape by Wang Meng!
The moment this painting appeared, the entire exhibition hall immediately fried again, and the exclamation rang out.
In 2011, Wang Meng's "Migration to Zhichuan" set a sky-high price of 400 million yuan, becoming the most expensive ancient Chinese painting and calligraphy in the spring auction market that year.
The size, quality, and preservation of this ink landscape in front of him are not inferior to the "Migration of Zhichuan", which is the work of Wang Meng at his peak.
Seeing such a national treasure painting, can you not be excited, can you not be ecstatic?