Featuring more than 970 lots, the 21st China Guardian e-bidding that concluded on Sept 29, raised 15.84 millionyuan($2.36 million), achieving a 96 percent average turnover rate across 32 sessions.
Part of the 2020 Beijing People-Beneficial Cultural Relics and Art Auction Month, a campaign initiated by the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Beijing Association of Auctioneers, the online event starting from Sept 24 featured quality items with affordable starting prices, attracting many first-time buyers.
Highlights
Lot 12510
Qin Qi
Quail’s Eggs
2010
Greasepaint on canvas
80×100 cm
Price:RMB 69,000
Modern and Contemporary Chinese Painting
Lot 14017
Zhou Yuanliang
Landscape
Ink on paper
Hanging scroll
137×65 cm
Price:RMB 25,300
Modern and Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy
Lot 14039
Shen Peng
Poem in Running Script
Ink on paper
Mounted for frame
40×68 cm
Price:RMB 59,800
Painting From the Laoanguan Collection
Lot 14047
Qi Baishi
Shrimps
Ink on paper
Hanging scroll
68×34 cm
Price:RMB 345,000
Painting from the Qinxuan Collection
Lot 14068
Wu Changshuo
Pine and Cypress
Ink on paper
Mounted for frame
28×36 cm
Price:RMB 230,000
Painting From the Beixi Caotang Collection
Lot 14120
Cai Xian
Squirrels and Grapes
Ink on paper
Hanging scroll
111×39 cm
Price:RMB 161,000
Ancient Chinese Painting and Calligraphy
Lot 14152
WangRenzhi
Figures
Color on silk
Album leaves
23×25cm(8)
Price:RMB 78,200
Items Circulating Among Influential Collectors
Lot 10517
Qing Dynasty
A pair of black lacquered small cabinets with inlaid mother-of-pearl and gold flowers and birds
36.5×16.4×58.4 cm
Price:RMB 126,500
Porcelain with Patterns of Lucky Beasts
Lot 10522
TheKangxiPeriod (1662-1722) of the Qing Dynasty
A blue and white vat with sea beast patterns
D 23.2
Price:RMB 66,700
Porcelain with Auspicious Patterns
Lot 10545
TheKangxiPeriod (1662-1722) of the Qing Dynasty
A blue and white vase with figure patterns
H 17.8
Price:RMB 42,550
Porcelain from the Late Qing Dynasty and Republic of China
Lot 10573
Republic of China (1912-1949)
A brush pot with landscape pattern carrying the inscription of WangShaoping
H 11.8
Price:RMB 20,700
Chinese Scholar’s Studio Objects
Lot 10694
Contemporary
A pair of ink stones carved byFengGuowenbearing the calligraphy ofXieZhiliu
L 11.2; L 9.5
Price:RMB 46,000
Lot 10713
Qing Dynasty
A white jade plate carved with poem and a figure pattern
L 5.6
Price:RMB 36,800
Monochromatic Glazed Porcelain
Lot 10581
TheDaoguangperiod (1821-1850) of Qing Dynasty
A yellow-glazed Bowl
D 16.1
Price:RMB 31,050
Porcelain with Flower-and-bird Patterns
Lot 10619
The Qianlong period (1736-1796) of Qing Dynasty
A green-glazed plate with plum and bamboo patterns
D 20.5
Price:RMB 34,500
Chinese and Western Wine and Tea Vessels
Lot 10634
Yuan Dynasty
A green-glazed lotus-shaped cup produced by theLongquankiln
D 8.9
Price:RMB 34,500
Field-yellow stones and Chicken’s Blood Stones
Lot 10318
AShoushan stone seal with the dragon pattern
3.2×3.2×5 cm; 102.8 g
Price:RMB 264,500
Furniture
Lot 10244
Contemporary
Six redwood chairs with cloud patterns
52×45×109 cm×6
Price:RMB 71,300
Inkstonesfrom Qing and Ming dynasties
Lot 10133
Qing Dynasty
ADuaninkstone
14×8.5×3 cm
Price:RMB 40,250
Chinese Scholar’s Objects
Lot 10053
The middle period of Qing Dynasty
A square-shaped red sandalwoodXumibase
37.5×32×9.7 cm
Price:RMB 98,900
Letters
Lot 13008
Qing Dynasty
Letters
Four pages
12.8×23.2 cm
Price:RMB 59,800
Books and Letters of Qing Dynasty Bibliophiles and Scholars
Lot 13313
A letter to Lu Bi from ZhangYuanji
Two pages
13×21 cm
Price:RMB 64,400
Famous People’s Calligraphy
Lot 13079
ZhaoPuchu
Poem in Semi-cursive script
One piece
49×41 cm
Price:RMB 85,100
Ancient Sutra Copies
Lot 13103
Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law
Created in 1409
One volume
21.5×20 cm
Price:RMB 356,500
Rare Books, Rubbings and Manuscripts
Lot 13247
ALuoBingzhang’smemorial to the throne
Written in 1862
9.5×21.5 cm
Price:RMB 52,900
Xuan Paper and Huajian Paper
Lot 13169
Xuanpaper produced in modern times
138×69 cm
Price:RMB 9,775
Legendary Basketball Superstars
Lot 12001
A Michael Jordan’s autographed photo and a set of MVP Chicago Bulls Championship rings,
withUDA certificate and mounting
50.6×33.3 cm
Price:RMB19,550
Lot 11555
A necklace with an emerald-and-diamond pendant
Price:RMB 184,000
Rare Jewelry
Lot 11525
A 4.01-carat flawless natural yellow diamond ring
Price:RMB 460,000
Lot 13614
KweichouMou-taiChiewbottled in 1991
Four bottles/500ml
Price:RMB 71,300
Tea
Lot 13526
Ten packages of HunanLinxiangFu brick tea (fuzhuan Cha) produced between1991and 1999
Price:RMB 33,350
Whiskey
Lot 13814
A bottle of malt whiskey distilled in 1981 at theKarzuizawaDistillery
700ml
Price:RMB 69,000
Not only has China Guardian’s monthly e-bidding pushed the envelope of traditional auctions by bringing the practice online, but it has played an active role in promoting art consumption among the general public by enabling more people to expand their horizons through the internet and experience the fun of purchasing art and cultural relics.