Auction of Qing Palace Relics
The following is the auction of some Qing Palace cultural relics: - The Spring Auction of Zhongmao Shengjia 2024 had information about the auction of Qing Palace cultural relics. For example, there was a special show for the Buddha Statue Art, which had a lot of Vajra statues (Beijing Palace Sixth Grade Buddhist Tower, Qing Emperor Qianlong (1736 - 1795), 21 cm high in bronze, estimated price: RMB 700,000 - 1,200,000, from an important private collection in Asia). - The round fan of the imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty [Qing Emperor Qianlong·Gauze Sticky Silk Flower Fruit Painting Face Dyed Carved Bone Handle Round Fan] was 50cm long and 33cm in diameter. It was auctioned on June 14 at the Spring Auction of Zhongmao Shengjia 2024,"Silk Road Qiankun-Grand View of Weaving and Embroidery Art". The estimated price was RMB 150,000 - 250,000. This round fan was exactly the same as the fan in the Forbidden City. It was made in the same batch. It was an object in the palace. The craftsmanship had been lost for a long time. It had a high aesthetic value and academic value. - The Qing Palace treasures that were once pledged to the bank by the last emperor Pu Yi had been auctioned. For example, a piece of Qianlong imperial porcelain was auctioned at Beijing Poly. The bidder numbered 6138 dropped the hammer for 16 million yuan, plus a commission, and finally sold for 18.4 million yuan. Read more exciting novels for free
The costumes and relics of the Qing Palace
There are many kinds of costumes and cultural relics in the Qing Palace. For example, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in the United States had a collection of silk costumes from the Qing Dynasty. There were also the Qing Emperor Qianlong's Zhonghua Palace's play list and other related Qing Palace opera relics exhibited in the exhibition, which included Zhou Yu's white colorful cloud golden dragon pattern male python, Liu Bei's red silk cloud dragon pattern male python, Zhao Yun's white satin double dragon play bead net male lean, Mu Guiying's rose purple satin phoenix play peony net female lean, and white river silk embroidered flying tiger flag. In addition, the Art Museum of Tsinghua University had a Qing Dynasty satin colored embroidered dance dress. This dance dress had a round neck with a cloud shoulder and was decorated with colored embroidery. The craftsmanship was complicated, and there were as many as 248 embroidered figures. The red satin embroidered figure and flower pattern palace clothes of the Qing Dynasty also belonged to the cultural relics of the Qing Dynasty. The left and right cuffs were inlaid with 11 colorful embroidery edges. The main part of the jacket was embroidered with patterns such as phoenix, parasol tree, peony, etc. The background pattern was "gold embroidery", and the silk thread used was pure gold thread twisted from gold foil. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Qing Palace cultural relics and crafts
The cultural relics of the Qing Palace involved many kinds of crafts. The following are some of the common crafts: - Bamboo Carving Craftsmanship: For example, the bamboo root carving of an old man collecting herbs made by the Qing Palace Office used various techniques such as carving and circular carving to vividly express the character. - "Clay Sculpture Craftsmanship": Like the "Clay Sculpture of Emperor Yongzheng", which is very realistic. It was made by Master Zhang Mingshan by imitating the portrait of Emperor Yongzheng. The patterns are concise and smooth, reflecting the level of clay sculpture craftsmanship at that time. - ** Chiseling and Embedding Craftsmanship **:"Golden Chiseling Cloud Dragon Gourd Style Holding Pot" uses the chiseling and embedding techniques. The chiseled pattern has a raised outline, and then inlaid with pearls and gems to make it more dazzling. - ** Carving Technique **: This is reflected in the "Turquoise Green Glaze Carving Entwined Lotus Vase". This technique is used to make porcelain. - ** Emerald Craftsmanship **:"Emerald Flower Bird Butterfly Head Flower" uses the Emerald Craftsmanship. It is made by sticking the feathers of kingfishers on a metal base made of gold and silver. The feathers are soft and the color will not fade for a long time. - ** Carving, gold silk, beading, embedding, point jade, and many other techniques combined. The handle of the flower hairpin of the "tourmaline inlaid with precious stone flower" was made of copper and gold-plated, the flower holder was made of point jade, and the hairpin head was made of various materials and combined with various techniques. For example, the tourmaline was used to make a three-dimensional hibiscus flower, the stamen was made of small rice beads, the flower leaves were carved from thin jade slices, the flower buds were carved from tourmaline, and the butterfly wings were carved from thin jade slices and embedded with pearls and tourmaline. The whole was exquisite and had a strong three-dimensional feeling. - ** Scratch (Sticking Velvet) Craftsmanship **: This was a unique craft in Rugao, Jiangsu Province. For example, the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty used this craft on the round fan with a bone handle. First, he scraped the velvet into thin pieces, then cut out the shape according to the pattern. Finally, he stuck it on the pre-drawn pattern and applied color on it. Modern research believed that it had to go through many processes such as scraping, making velvet paper, coloring, tracing, carving, cutting, sticking, dyeing, mounting, embedding, and so on. The velvet sheets made of it had the same direction, no warp and warp threads, and were attached by sticking. The tension was not strong. This kind of craft was mostly used to make high-end calligraphy and painting, fan and other literati's entertainment items. The early works were mostly tributes. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
18 million auction relics
A cultural relic called the Painting of Ten Chants was finally auctioned for 18 million. This painting was painted by Zhang Xian, a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was originally an item of Pu Yi, but it was later circulated among the people and was held by an old man. The old man wanted to sell the painting because of his family's financial needs. He first went to the Cultural Relics Bureau, and the Cultural Relics Bureau offered 10,000 yuan. The price gap with the old man's 8 million yuan was too big, and the negotiation broke down. After that, the Cultural Relics Bureau proposed an auction. At the auction, collectors and museum participated in the bidding. In the end, the Palace Museum in Beijing bought it for 18 million yuan. This price reflected the market value and historical and cultural value of the Ten Chants Painting. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
2016 Cultural Relics and Art Auction
In 2016, there would be an autumn cultural relics auction in Rongbaizhai (Guilin). The pre-exhibition time would be December 16 - 17, 2016, and the auction time would be December 18 (Sunday). The auction location would be Guilin Lijiang Waterfall Hotel. The auction items included Spring Herding Painting (Li Keran), Only by the Shallow Water of the Reed Flower (Huang Zhou), Ten Thousand Graves Fighting (Li Xiongcai), Song·Longquan Incense Burner, Yuan·Blue and White Flower Pot, etc. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Ancient palace relics
The following are some of the ancient palace relics: - ** Flower-smoked Crown **: Enamel porcelain used in the imperial palace during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It is a fine ornamental product of the palace and a national treasure-level cultural relic. - ** Qianlong Gold Ou Yonggu Cup **: A representative work of the palace relics of the Forbidden City. It is 12.5 cm high, 8 cm in diameter, and 5 cm in height. There are inscriptions on the mouth. Emperor Qianlong attached great importance to its production and used a variety of precious materials to make it meticulously. He modified it many times until he was satisfied. It was a special wine cup used by the Qing Dynasty emperor during the New Year's Day opening ceremony."Golden Ou" symbolized the state's political power and expressed the desire to consolidate the regime forever. - ** Zhang Cheng's Carved Lacquer Plate with Cloud Patterns **: This is a masterpiece of Zhang Cheng, a master of lacquer carving in the Yuan Dynasty. It is the representative work of the lacquer ware in the Forbidden City. It is 3.3cm high and 19.2cm in diameter. The wood is black and the cloud patterns are carved inside and outside. The lacquer is thick and crystal clear. The carving is round and smooth. It is an exquisite example of the rhinoceros picking technique in the Yuan Dynasty. - ** Sapphire Cloud-Dragon Pattern Furnace **: A representative piece of jade produced in the Forbidden City during the Song Dynasty. It is 7.9cm high and 12.8cm in diameter. It is made of sapphire and is decorated with the word "Gong" as the base. It is decorated with swimming dragons, auspicious clouds, and sea patterns. A seven-character poem of Qianlong is engraved on the bottom of the vessel. - ** Silk Enamel Entwined Lotus Pattern Elephant Ear Furnace **: A work of the Yuan Dynasty, 13.9cm in height, 16cm in diameter, 13.5cm in diameter, old collection of the Qing Palace. Furnace copper body, round bulging belly, elephant head curled nose ears, circle feet. The neck and abdomen were decorated with chrysanthemums and twining lotus flowers in different colors and different glazes. The glaze was lustrous, and some of them were transparent like glass. The color of the glaze was rich and harmonious, rich and elegant. However, the copper gall, elephant ears, and ring feet were added later. - ** Along the River During Qingming Festival **: This painting was created by Zhang Zeduan, the court painter of the Northern Song Dynasty. It recorded the buildings and people's livelihood on the outskirts of Bianjing and the two banks of the Bian River in the capital city during the late period of Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty. It also depicted the prosperous scene and natural scenery of Bianliang and the two banks during the Qingming Festival. It used the scattered point perspective composition method. There were many characters in the painting, with different expressions and rich activities. The original was printed on silk and colored lightly. It was 24.8 cm high and 528.7 cm long. It is now stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing. - ** Western Jin Dynasty's Lu Ji's "Fu Ping Tie"**: The representative work of the Forbidden City's calligraphy. It is also the earliest existing ink of a famous person. The content is a letter written by Lu Ji to his friends to ask about his illness. - [The Imperial Palace Classic Ming and Qing Emperors and Empresses 'Seal]: It is a part of the Palace Museum's palace buildings, collections of cultural relics, and various classic illustrations. It has ornamental and narrative value. In addition, relics with Han Dynasty characteristics were unearthed in the ruins of an ancient palace found near Abakan, Khakassia Republic, Russia, such as gorgeous roof tiles, beautifully decorated bronze mascarons, ceramic tiles engraved with Chinese characters to bless the emperor, etc. Although this palace was more than 1500 kilometers away from China, the unearthed cultural relics had ancient Chinese characteristics, which may be related to Chinese history. It also reflected the cultural exchanges related to the ancient palace. The disc was also an ancient cultural relic. It recorded the praise King Xuan of Zhou gave to the Shan family and the rewards he gave to Shan. It was a bronze history book. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Henan cultural relics auction permit annual inspection
Henan cultural relics auction permit to the Cultural Relics Bureau for annual review. The specific annual review requirements and other relevant information can be found in the Henan Province Cultural Relics Bureau or related websites. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
The auction of cultural relics and art fell in volume and price
The auction of cultural relics and artworks had a situation where both quantity and price fell. For example, in the first half of 2012, the national auction business statistics report showed that after several years of rapid growth, the auction of cultural relics and art began to decline significantly since the autumn auction in 2011. In the first half of 2012, it reached 9.24 billion yuan, only 67.4% of the first half of 2011. In 2020, the research of the Archean Art Market Monitor Center showed that due to the influence of domestic and foreign political and economic environments and industry development and changes, it was predicted that the total transaction volume of China's regional auction market in the first half of 2020 would be about 39,536 pieces, a decrease of about 47.68% compared with the same period in 2019; The total auction volume in China in the first half of 2020 was about 13.108 billion yuan, a decrease of 39.92% compared with the first half of 2019. In 2022, affected by the objective environment, the turnover of 206 enterprises carrying out cultural relics and art auctions nationwide dropped to 16.465 billion yuan (excluding buyer's commission), the lowest since 2009. The turnover of major auction categories such as China calligraphy and painting, porcelain and jade miscellaneous items, oil painting and contemporary art, ancient books and inscriptions, etc. fell sharply, among which oil painting and contemporary art fell by 58.75%, and stamp coins fell by 33.06%. However, in 2023, the auction activity returned to normal, and the scale rose sharply year-on-year. 220,000 sets were auctioned, 135,000 sets were sold, and the turnover was 40.7 billion yuan, an increase of 31% year-on-year. Except for the number of works above 100 million yuan and the reduction in turnover, other price ranges increased to varying degrees. The Archean Report predicted that the domestic art market would still face greater downward pressure in 2024, but the market activity would increase significantly. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Cultural Relics in the Palace Museum
There were many types of cultural relics in the Forbidden City's warehouse. In the process of the cultural relics of the Forbidden City moving south, it was known that the cultural relics transported from the Forbidden City included more than 9000 paintings and calligraphy, more than 7000 pieces of porcelain, more than 2600 pieces of bronzes, bronze mirrors, and bronze seals, countless jade articles, and 3773 boxes of documents, including the archives of the Qing court collected by the imperial historian and the inner government, the imperial records of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, daily life notes, and the historical materials of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. There were also the Siku Quanshu and various rare books and engraved copies. At that time, one of the earliest printed works discovered in China was the fifth generation edition of the Dharani Sutra, and the oldest stone carving in China was the Qiyang Stone Drum. These cultural relics reflected the richness of the cultural relics in the Forbidden City and were the precious cultural wealth of the Forbidden City. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Entwined Flower Palace Relics
Entangling flowers was a traditional craft. In the production of cultural relics related to the Forbidden City, the hairpin lady would use the entwined flowers to replicate the cultural relics of the Forbidden City and make exquisite hair accessories. For example, the floral version of the Forbidden City cultural relic "Butterfly Love Flower", the makeup lady also exquisitely pasted some gold embellishments to make the hair accessories more exquisite. There were also some floral hair accessories that were similar to the ones from the Ming Dynasty, which were also replicas of the cultural relics of the Forbidden City. Not only could this make beautiful hair accessories, but it also avoided the use of kingfisher feathers (because kingfishers were protected by the state and it was cruel to get their feathers). Instead, it could be replaced with silk thread from the flower entanglement, which could also show the luster. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Clay Sculpture of the Palace Museum Relics
The Palace Museum has clay sculptures of people, such as the statue of Yongzheng, wearing a dragon hat, small eyes, and a thin face. It was originally placed in Yonghe Palace, the hidden residence of Yongzheng. In the second year of Tongzhi, it was placed in Shouhuang Hall, which was dedicated to the emperors of the Qing Dynasty. It was also placed on the imperial table of Yongzheng. The characters were lifelike and were rare works of art. In addition, although Li Xiushan's clay sculpture works in Zhecheng were not explicitly mentioned as cultural relics of the Forbidden City, Li Xiushan's clay sculpture art achievements were quite high, and his works were unique, which were affirmed and praised by many experts and scholars. His work "Loyalty to the Country" was collected by the sculpture professor of Tsinghua University, and his clay sculpture works were included in the intangible cultural heritage list of Henan Province in February 2007. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>