The 56th China Guardian Quarterly Auctions dropped the last hammer at the Guardian Art Center on July 18, with a total turnover of 198 million yuan and an average turnover rate of 87 percent across the 13 sessions, making it the best result achieved in the past five-years of China Guardian Quarterly Auctions.
A leader in China’s medium-sized auctions, China Guardian Quarterly Auctions combined the online and offline auctions for the first time. The turnover generated from real-time online bidding exceeded 100 million yuan, which went beyond expectations and accounted for more than 65 percent of the total turnover.
Aside from being a great sign for the industry’s reboot as the epidemic wanes in China, this auction also will help collectors regain confidence.
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy
More than 2,500 items in seven sessions of Chinese calligraphy and painting went on auction, with the total turnover rates of modern and ancient Chinese calligraphy and painting lots standing at 77.49 percent and 83.52 percent, respectively. Moreover, two sessions out of seven achieved 100 percent turnover rates.
“Though this quarterly auction had been postponed time and again before finally being held, it has borne fruit, and many items have been sold at prices dozens of or even hundreds of times higher than their estimated prices,” said Xiao Yang, manager of the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Department of China Guardian Quarterly Auctions.
Lot 262
Yu Youren
Calligraphy in cursive script
Ink on paper
131×21 cm (4)
Price realized: RMB 368,000
Lot 389
Qi Gong
Calligraphy in semi-cursive script
136×69 cm
Price realized: RMB 1,610,000
Lot 390
Qi Gong
Calligraphy in semi-cursive script
Ink on paper
117×53 cm
Price realized: RMB 713,000
Lot 404
Qi Baishi
Prosperity
Ink on paper
136×64 cm
Price realized: RMB 1,380,000
Lot 408
Pan Tianshou
Red Lotus Flower
Ink on paper
79×47 cm
Price realized: RMB 2,185,000
Lot 417
Huang Zhou
Transporting Grain
Ink on paper
130×67 cm
Price realized: RMB 3,220,000
Lot 425
Qi Baishi
Riches and Longevity
Ink on paper
120×34 cm
Price realized: RMB 1,840,000
Lot 578
Peng Xiancheng
Spring Outing
Ink on paper
32×179 cm
Price realized: RMB 494,500
Lot 1962
Anonymous
Herding After Rain
Ink on silk
204×96 cm
Price realized: RMB 460,000
Lot 2048
Tang Ying (signature)
Landscape
Ink and color on silk
216×97 cm
Price Realized: RMB 782,000
Lot 2261
Yu Ji (signature)
Teaching
Ink on silk
20×246 cm
Price realized: RMB 3,277,500
Lot 2404
Anonymous
Spring Mountain Travel
Ink on silk
149×95 cm
Price realized: RMB 655,500
Jade, Porcelain and Works of Art
More than 1,800 lots in the jade, porcelain and works of art sector went under the hammer across four sessions, generating gross revenue worth 57,408,000 yuan, achieving a turnover rate of 92.98 percent.
“It’s an auction full of highlights and surprises. It’s tough we cut back on our lots by 20 percent, but the turnover increased by 20 percent,” said Liu Yang, general manager of the Porcelain and Works of Art Department of China Guardian Auctions.
Lot 4626
Qianlong to Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty
Duocai pot with patterns of auspicious animals, flowers, characters, and landscape
D 32cm
Price realized: RMB 805,000
Lot 4523
Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty
Blue and white bowl with portrait and poem
D 20.2 cm
Price realized: RMB 713,000
Lot 3882
Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty
Big doucai olive bottle with flower and phoenix patterns and phoenix ears
H 77.5
Price realized: RMB 644,000
Lot 4491
Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty
Tri-colored plate with patterns of flowers and dragons
D 32.2cm
Price realized: RMB 632,500
Lot 4630
Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty
Eared bottle with official kiln-like glaze
H 29.5
Price realized: RMB 632,500
Lot 4473
Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty
Blue and white brush pot with portrait and landscape
H 17.3
Price realized: RMB 575,000
Lot 3965
Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty
Blue-and-white and five-colored fold edge brush wash with dragon patterns
D 38
Price realized: RMB 483,000
Lot 4691
17th century of the Qing Dynasty
Gilt bronze statue of Tsongkhapa
H 15.5
Price realized: RMB 253,000
Rare Books, Rubbings and Manuscripts
A total of 630 lots from the two sessions of rare books, rubbings and manuscripts went under the hammer and total sales volume amounted to 10.19 million yuan, with the turnover rate averaging 80 percent.
One hundred and four lots from a personal collection in Japan without reserved prices were all auctioned off, making the session one of the three that achieved a 100 percent turnover rate at this auction.
“This shows that the purchasing power of our buyers is still strong, which pumps great confidence in us for the upcoming 2020 Spring Auctions,” said Song Hao, general manager of the Rare Books, Rubbing & Manuscripts Department of China Guardian Quarterly Auctions.
Lot 2880
Wu Changshuo
Four-page calligraphy work of cursive script (1892)
45×168 cm
Price realized: RMB 494,500
Lot 2845
Qi Baishi
Grasshopper on Violet Vines (1954)
Ink on paper
34×100 cm
Price realized: RMB 368,000
Lot 2837
Ren Bonian
Cat (Painted during the Qing Dynasty)
Ink on paper
Price realized: RMB 345,000
Lot 3048
Luo Bingzhang
A memorial to the throne (1862)
Ink on paper
9.5×21.5 cm
Price realized: RMB 345,000
Lot 3183
Qing Dynasty stone rubbings with Qi Gong’s annotation
Two volumes
15.3×26.5cm
Price realized: RMB 172,500
Lot 3248
A Qing Dynasty (1664-1911) rubbing of the poem by Northern Wei Dynasty (368-534) calligrapher Zheng Daozhao
Ink on paper
40×122 cm
Price realized: RMB 115,000
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