Academic-oriented spirit embodied in diversified auction sales!
The Xiling Yinshe 2017 Autumn Auction successfully concluded after three days of continuous bidding with a remarkable outcome of RMB 1.077 billion and a sales rate of 86%!
Among all sales, From National Academy of Art to China Academy of Fine Art: Collection from a Ninety-Year Glory completed with a total turnover of up to RMB 100 million. Record-breaking lots for individual artists include Wu Da-Yu’sFlowers in Vase, a painting completed in the 1950s and finally sold at RMB 41.4 million, an entertaining Shoushan stone seal engraved by Deng Shiru and previously collected by Guo Ruoyu, a paleographer, is sold at RMB 2.875 million. The saleroom is illuminated by the grandeur of masters’ works!
The return of art works’ values and outstanding market performances triggered heated debates in the collection and academic circles. The success of the academic-oriented strategy can be exampled by artworks sold at record-breaking prices from the masters in different professions at Xiling Yinshe 2017 Autumn Auction.
14 out of 33 categories in Xiling Yinshe 2017 Autumn Auction marked sale rates over 90%. With
Guo Ruoyu’s previous collection as an eye-catching example, many other fine and rare items from
categories like Chinese paintings and calligraphy, oil paintings, ancient books, ink rubbings, seal
cuttings, refined articles in the study, Chinese bronzes, statues, paper money & coins, are sold
after bidding competition, featuring high sale rates and overages. Some of these finely selected
lots are recorded final sale prices with several or even ten-plus times over the estimates. The art
market in South China witnessed a stable and powerful momentum.
The white glove sale of Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy by Top Members of Xiling Yingshe-Liu Zhiping’s Collection of Hong Yi’s Masterpieces ended with an outcome of RMB 107.5 million.
From National Academy of Art to China Academy of Fine Art: Collection from a Ninety-Year Glory concluded with a total turnover of RMB 98.86 million and a sale rate of 94.12%.
Other categories with high sale rates:
Rise of Modern Chinese Paintings: China’s Painting Sketches 96.7%
Important Chinese and International Manuscripts·Long Couplets 94.18%
Chinese Fan Paintings 95.38%
Study Series·Exquisite Tianhuang Stone Carvings and Master's Seals 90.48%
Entertaining Seals by Masters·Collection of Guo Ruoyu 93.67%
Taste of Craftsmanship·Refined Articles in the Study 95.65%
Everlasting Glory·Refined Articles in the Study 93.91%
Chinese Zisha Wares, Tea Sets and Fine Tea 91.77%
Modern and Contemporary Chinese Oil Paintings 91.51%
Chinese Garden Arts of Different Dynasties·Stone Carvings 91.53%
Famous Chinese Wine 93.33%
Xiling Yinshe's Sale of Chinese Medicinal Liquor, E-jiao and Ginseng 92.06%
Commitment and Faith
Untitled, by Wu Da-Yu
The nature of heartfelt sentiments, I wish to tell you,
is to be loved,
and yet falls in love with the unseenable,
unknowable,
unspeakable eternal beauty.
On December 23, 2017, from National Academy of Art to China Academy of Fine Art: Collection from a Ninety-Year Glory, a sale tribute organized by Xiling Auction concluded with a total turnover of RMB 98.90 million and a sale rate of 94%.
Wu Da-Yu’s Flowers in Vase, a painting completed in the 1950s, who is acclaimed as a master of masters, was sold at RMB 41.4 million from the starting price of RMB 12 million, a new record for his works ever auctioned.
Flowers in Vase is regarded as the starting point of Chinese abstract art. Wu Da-Yu, as an artist, was a trailblazer of the modern abstract paintings. He is also an educationist and one of the founders of the modern Chinese painting cause. As a great master of early Chinese abstract paintings, several well-known modernist masters both home and abroad, such asWu Guanzhong, Zao Wou-ki, Chu Teh-Chun, Zhao Chunxiang, etc. were tutored, enlightened and influenced under Wu Da-Yu.
The first lot from the sale is a rare seven-character couplet in regular script (‘Twin towers are blanketed in vapors, the city reflects against mountain landscape’) written by Mr. Cai Yuanpei. The institution established by Cai Yuanpei is where he advocated the fine art education and Wu Da-Yu relayed torches to his students including Zao Wou-ki, witnessing a heritage of the dream about the aesthetics. Where the ideal is loftier than all things and the diligence adorns its quality, there is a platform to overlook ‘twin towers’ and ‘mountain landscape’ in the art market.
It was Cai Yuanpei the educationist who led faculties like Lin Fengmian, Pan Tianshou and their students to open a new path to modern Chinese art educationat Luoyuan campus at ‘Gu Shan’ (the Solitary Hill) by the West Lake of Hangzhou in 1928. With the advent of the 90th anniversary of the founding of National Academy of Art,we set up a special sale in the name of the institute by breaking the boundary of painting type, time, school, etc.and collectively presented masterpieces by the founders, former presidents and alumni artists and related important literatures of National Academy of Art by gathering many treasures spanning over a long period of time.It significantly reflects ‘Academic-Oriented Paradigm of Xiling Auction’ when the art market intensively focuses on merely sale prices.
Retrospect of Xiling Yinshe 2017 Autumn Auction:
Deng Shiru, born in a poor family, eventually became a master with unprecedented and far-reaching influence over generations, just like his name described as ‘Wan Bo’, implying him as tough as a stone.
Duan Fang, in pursuit of an easy and peaceful way of life, using his knowledge to gather a cluster of talents to collect and authenticate antiques for compiling great works. He is widely honored as the pioneer of modern public collection.
Wu Yun, the master of ‘Liang Lei Xuan’, got in love with bronze wares and inscriptions due to his experience of readingBook of Hanin childhood and acquired two important bronze wares ultimately after diligent study and unremitting pursuit even by naming his studio with the two wares.
Pu Ru held the flag for the painting art by traditional scholars with his writing brush, and Chen Qinghua is memorized as a great ancient book collector at that time for his life-long endeavor in collecting books of Song and Yuan.
Master Hong Yi, who always restricted and expressed himself through calligraphic creation, enlightened many with his strong self-discipline.
Wu Changshuo and Shen Zengzhi are all dedicated to the seal cuttings amid which the most famous two seals ‘Hairilou’ and ‘Yanentang’ are like monuments weathered for centuries, guiding the old and new scholars alike with their unfading charms.
Charles Robert Darwin, as a scientist who extended human’s knowledge scope and put forward a prophecy beyond his times, has inspired so many for the past half century.
Chen Duxiu pursued new ways of revealing the ancient pronunciation of Chinese language and tried to expound on the formation and development of a country based on characters even when he was jailed in Nanjing Tiger Bridge Prison.
Guo Ruoyu, an expert on cultural relics, widely acquainted with masters and celebrities including Guo Moruo, Deng Sanmu, Huang Binhong, Feng Chaoran and Shen Yinmo, learned from his friends to build up his own position in paintings, calligraphy, classical books, seals, coins, Zisha wares and inkstones with great achievements.
The so-called Paradigm is a commitment to various theories and we refer it here in the hope of such conception being converted into common faith shared by all the participants in the art market. The academic-oriented paradigm, which has been advocated and practiced both in the philosophy of Xiling Yinshe and the cross-cultural platform by Xiling Auction, centers on integration, categorization and presentation of art, humanity, history, philosophy and science, which is not only an inevitable stage of academic art market in China but also a reflection of the ideological and cultural characteristics in nowadays.
As Xiling Online Auction steps into a new year and the first auction in Guangzhou approaches,
Rooted in the solid culture of Xiling Yinshe, Xiling Auction has adhered to an academy-oriented practice and strived to bear the social responsibilities in culture and art communication, evidenced by the digital catalogues of Xiling Yinshe 2017 Autumn Auction. The activities held in this auction season which integrates academy and appreciation have also harvested waves of praises.
The
live broadcasting sales and various events including Grandeur of Masters –
Appreciation of Seals by Masters, Buddhist Sound along the Silk Road –
Appreciation of Gold and Bronze Statues, Homecoming – Professional Seminar and
Introduction of ‘Bu Guang’, A Bronze Sword from the King of Yue State of
Warring States Period, introduction of Collection from a Ninety-Year Glory of
China Academy of Fine Art as well as the seminar and Oriental Beauty Jewellery
Show for the sale of Oriental Beauty – Magnificent Jewellery and Jadeite
Jewellery, are all available through Yes Auction App.
During the auction, Tian Yuyuan, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, spoke highly of Xiling Auction as a pride of Zhejiang for its important role in cultivating smart and innovative talents with profound and professional knowledge as well as developing the cultural industry in Zhejiang.
With the growth of the platform, more elites join Xiling Auction and devote themselves by building up the traditional and online auction-integrating platform, protecting and developing different regional cultures and transmitting art and culture with their strong cultural consciousness and high sense of social responsibility via Xiling Yinshe auctions in two seasons, Xiling Yinshe Shaoxing auctions, Xiling online auctions as well as the upcoming Guangzhou auction.
Xiling Online Auction·Yes Auction
In October, 2016, over RMB 15 million Yuan turnover, 90% total sell rate and the record-breaking overage of the first sale have witnessed the success of the first Xiling Online Auction·Yes Auction. By the end of the year 2017, Xiling Online Auction·Yes Auction has been highly appreciated for its quality in both articles and services, contributing to a total turnover aggregating to RMB 100 million.
With the newest Xiling Monthly Online Auction kicking off on December 27 and the upcoming ‘Daily Online Sales’, Xiling Online Auction is intensifying its brand radiation and expanding the auction participation despite of the geographical restrictions. Based on the responsibility for culture and art communication, Xiling Online Auction has been dedicated to introducing more categories of art to the auction while offering affordable lots through more frequent sales for younger potential buyers and gradually forming its distinguished brand and image.
Xiling Yinshe (Guangzhou) Auction
In the interview during the Xiling Yinshe 2017 Autumn Auction, Lu Jingqing, the General Manager of Xiling Yinshe Auction Co., Ltd., announced the first upcoming sale in Guangzhou. As another key token of Xiling Yinshe catering to Lingnan area, Xiling Yinshe (Guangzhou) Auction Co., Ltd. is doubtless to make contributions with a strong sense of cultural and social responsibility to the culture industry by protecting, developing and transmitting the local culture as well as providing job opportunities for local talents who have ambitions in art businesses.
Xiling Yinshe (Shaoxing) Auction
Conceiving the distinct elements of Shaoxing region and engaged in antiques and works of art with provenances and high values, Xiling Yinshe (Shaoxing) Auction is highly praised by local government for its play in connecting the whole market in Shaoxing. It is believed that in 2018 more exquisite works will be presented to collectors.
The standing consignment for Xiling Yinshe 2018 Spring Auction now begins.
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Review of Xiling Yinshe 2017 Autumn Auction
▲Lot756
Wu Da-Yu Flowers in Vase
Starting Price: RMB 12,000,000
Sale Price: RMB41,400,000
A record sale for Wu Dayu’s paintings
▲Lot3927
Zheng Xiaoxu, Liang Dingfen, etc. Rubbing of ‘Qin Shi Quan’
Starting Price: RMB 1,200,000
Sale Price: RMB 7,590,000
▲Lot3914
Ruan Yuan, Wang Xisun, Yang Shoujing, etc. Rubbing of Qi Hou Lei Chu Ta Ben, Etc. and Inscription
Starting Price: RMB 400,000
Sale Price: RMB 5,290,000
▲Lot4022
Zhu Kongyang Pratibhana Mati Pariprccha Sutra
Starting Price: RMB 200,000
Sale Price: RMB 2,760,000
▲Lot354
Pu Ru A Reading Scholar
Starting Price: RMB 1,000,000
Sale Price: RMB 8,395,000
▲Lot695
Huang Binhong Cloud-capped Peaks
Starting Price: RMB 10,000,000
Sale Price: RMB 25,300,000
▲Lot2430
Tang Yin Scholar
Starting Price: RMB 8,000,000
Sale Price: RMB 34,500,000
▲Lot2325
Yu Zhiding Paintings of Meihuashuwu Studio
Starting Price: RMB 3,500,000
Sale Price: RMB 5,635,000
▲Lot2395
Fang Hengxian Seven-character Poem in Running Script
Starting Price: RMB 180,000
Sale Price: RMB 3,450,000
▲Lot693
Kang Youwei Letters Signed to Wang Younong
Starting Price: RMB 1,000,000
Sale Price: RMB 2,702,500
▲Lot2085
Chen Duxiu Important Autograph Letter Signed to He Sui about Bronze wares and Paleography
Sale Price: RMB 1,782,500
▲Lot631
Warring States Period A Rare Gold and Silver-Inlaid Bronze Sword of Zhi Yi (The King of Yue State)
Sale Price: RMB 10,465,000
▲Lot617
Late Shang Dynasty A Bronze Ritual Vessel, Bu
Starting Price: RMB 5,000,000
Sale Price: RMB 9,430,000
▲Lot3485
Qing Dynasty An Entertaining Shoushan Stone Seal Engraved by Deng Shiru
Starting Price: RMB 1,000,000
Sale Price: RMB 2,875,000
A record sale for Deng Shiru’s seal cutting
▲Lot3503
A Qingtian Stone Seal Engraved by Wu Changshuo for Shen Zengzhi’s Private Use
Starting Price: RMB 700,000
Sale Price: RMB 3,220,000
▲Lot3504
A Qingtian Stone Seal Engraved by Wu Changshuo for Shen Zengzhi’s Private Use
Starting Price: RMB 550,000
Sale Price: RMB 1,955,000
▲Lot1286
Yongzheng Period,Qing Dynasty A Blue-and-white Copper-red Flask with Lotus Pattern and ‘Yongzheng’ Mark
Starting Price: RMB 200,000
Sale Price: RMB 4,427,500
▲Lot1287
Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty A Celadon-glazed Ridged ‘Gourd’ Vase with ‘Yongzheng’ Mark
Starting Price: RMB 3,500,000
Sale Price: RMB 5,175,000
▲Lot1256
Southern Song Dynasty A ‘Guan’ Square Brush Washer
Starting Price: RMB 800,000
Sale Price: RMB 3,105,000
▲Lot1266
Southern Song Dynasty A ‘Jian’ Temoku Tea Bowl
Starting Price: RMB 800,000
Sale Price: RMB 2,070,000
▲Lot3246
Early Qing Dynasty A Shoushan Stone Carving of Arhat Made by Zhou Shangjun, Collected by A Member of Spain Royal Family
Starting Price: RMB 1,600,000
Sale Price: RMB 2,932,500
▲Lot3136
The 7thYear of Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty A Bamboo Brushpot with Landscape Pattern Made by Zhou Zhiyan
Starting Price: RMB 600,000
Sale Price: RMB 1,104,000
▲Lot1607
Early Qing Dynasty A Painted Zisha Flowerpot Made by Yang Jichu
Sale Price: RMB 9,775,000
▲Lot1582
Late Ming Dynasty – Early Qing Dynasty A Purple Clay Teapot Made by Xu Longwen and Collected by Gong Xinzhao, with ‘Qing Yu Xuan’ Mark
Sale Price: RMB 7,245,000
▲Lot4988
Qing Dynasty A Sample Coin with ‘Xianfeng’ Mark
Starting Price: RMB 110,000
Sale Price: RMB 1,069,500
A record sale for sample coins
The coins collected by Guo Ruoyu hit a 100% deal rate.
▲Lot1171
14thCentury A Gilt-bronze Statue of Sakyamuni
Starting Price: RMB 2,800,000
Sale Price: RMB 5,175,000
▲Lot2716
An Extraordinary Natural Burma Jadeite ‘Guan Yin’ Pendant
Sale Price: RMB 24,380,000
▲Lot1855
Wang Yibu A White Jade Buddha Group
Sale Price: RMB 1,932,000
▲Lot909
Qing Dynasty A Manchu Princess
The exhibition and publish in 1934 as well as the publish in 1938 revealed definitely that the painting was created by Giuseppe Castiglione.
Sale Price: RMB 4,025,000
▲Lot912
Shang Yang Basically Symmetrical Scenery II
Sale Price: RMB 1,587,000
▲Lot899
Su Tianci Spring Breeze
Sale Price: RMB 1,380,000
▲Lot1744
He Youzhi Original Illustration of the Cover and Illustration the Morality: Three Character Primer
Starting Price: RMB 800,000
Sale Price: RMB 1,725,000
▲Lot4680
Kweichow Moutai Made from 1958 to 1990
Sale Price: RMB 1,380,000
