Beijing Poly Auction Contemporary Jun Porcelain Special Hammer!
On December 14th, the autumn auction of contemporary Jun porcelain art organized by Beijing Poly Auction opened at China World Summit Wing, Beijing.
Liu Jianjun, artistic director of Liu Jiajun kiln in Shenyuan Town, Yuzhou City, Henan Province, master of Chinese ceramic art and master of arts and crafts in Henan Province, sold for 92,000 yuan and 57,500 yuan respectively.
Liu Jianjun, born in 1952, Yuzhou City, Shenyuan Town, born in a family of Jun porcelain since childhood, as a child with his father to learn Xi Jun porcelain firing skills, in the nearly 50 years of ceramic art career, he in line with self-study, apprenticeship on the basis of further study, systematic Xi learning of the professional theoretical knowledge of ceramic technology and practice of porcelain-making skills, more comprehensive grasp of Jun porcelain design and creative concept, mud, glaze formula development and firing and other comprehensive arts. It has successively designed and created more than 300 kinds of works, and developed more than 200 kinds of Jun porcelain, colored porcelain, crystalline glaze and various artistic glazes.
The heart is wider than the sea, and the ambition is lofty and overwhelming.
For more than half a century, Liu Jianjun attaches great importance to absorbing the essence of Jun porcelain traditional art and attaching importance to the true meaning of national culture. Focus on integrating aesthetic forms into creation, and constantly pursue new personal feelings and artistic conceptions. Therefore, the works he creates have a deep and solemn and novel connotation, and fully express the depth and breadth of the language of artistic creation. His works not only have traditional connotations, but also are full of strong Jun porcelain style and have obvious artistic personality and characteristics. It not only flashes the style of traditional Jun porcelain works, is filled with a fresh and natural atmosphere, but also makes people appreciate a quiet beauty, an indescribable spirit and quality characteristics.
His work blends modern aesthetics with traditional techniques. Give full play to the material, craftsmanship and unique artistic language of Jun porcelain to create unique artistic masterpieces. The "Tianxuan glaze" he created is an innovative attempt in the Jun porcelain industry. It is a new breakthrough in the development of Jun porcelain, in a sense, Tianxuan glaze is also a continuation and enrichment of Jun porcelain art, opening up a new realm for China's ceramic craft and aesthetics.
For more than 50 years, he has been in the forefront of the industry in terms of innovative design and process innovation, playing an exemplary role and having a significant impact on the development of Jun porcelain industry. At the same time, Liu Jianjun also attaches great importance to the intangible cultural heritage of the "Jun porcelain firing skills" inheritance and protection work, in order to let the Jun porcelain skills successors and carry forward, he took the skills of the family and the way of recruiting apprentices to personally lead the apprentices, openly and selflessly will learn the handicraft skills learned in his life to teach the descendants, has now cultivated a number of provincial masters, intermediate or above professional and technical titles, they have become the backbone of the Jun porcelain industry, for the inheritance of Jun porcelain firing skills have laid a solid foundation.
The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. Through decades of unremitting pursuit, Master Liu Jianjun has finally achieved fruitful results:
In 2006, he was awarded the National Arts and Crafts Outstanding Creation Award
In 2008, Henan Arts and Crafts Industry Association awarded the title of "Outstanding Arts and Crafts Artist in Henan Province".
In 2015, he was awarded the first top ten news figures in the ceramic industry in Henan Province
In 2016, he was awarded the "Outstanding Contribution Award for Traditional Crafts in Henan Province" by the Henan Provincial Department of Culture
2016 China Jun Porcelain Yearbook Compilation Committee "Wancaitang" Cup "2015 China Jun Porcelain Person of the Year;
In 2016, it was awarded the Best Craft Award of Central Plains Ceramic Culture and Art by Henan Ceramic and Glass Industry Management Association
In 2016, Beijing Card Stamp Culture Communication was awarded the first batch of cultural masters of "Card Stamp Network";
In 2019, Henan Ceramic and Glass Industry Association awarded the Central Plains Ceramic Culture and Art Lifetime Achievement Award
--- 2019 to 2021, he was awarded the Top Ten Outstanding Figures in the Central Plains Ceramic Cultural Industry by Henan ** Newspaper Group for three consecutive years
In 2020, Henan Ceramic and Glass Industry Management Association awarded the top ten most influential ceramic artists in Henan Province
In 2021, Henan Ceramic and Glass Industry Management Association awarded the Top Ten Outstanding Figures of Central Plains Ceramic Cultural Industry.
In order to make the Jun porcelain culture bloom more charming brilliance, Liu Jianjun adhered to it in obscurity, he worked day and night, imitated the past and the present, adhered to the tradition, carefully formulated, repeated cross-tests, and carefully compared the test firing specimens with the ancient Jun kiln specimens, found the gap, investigated the problem, found the countermeasures, and sought improvement. In the fire quenching the top Jun porcelain, in the years of inheritance of traditional culture, with perseverance and focus on the time condensed in a fine porcelain, it is because of his unremitting efforts, and finally developed a top series of products. Liu Jiajun's kiln is constantly high-quality, and his works are not only loved by collectors, but also collected by many museums.
In 1984, Liu Jianjun's painted porcelain work "Shuanglong Ring Bottle" won the first prize of excellent creation and design of China Arts and Crafts Hundred Flowers Award and the first prize of new products in the national arts and crafts ceramics industry
In 1986, his works "Magnolia Bottle" and "Tower Furnace" won the second prize of Excellent Creation and Design of China Arts and Crafts Hundred Flowers Award
In 1999, his works "Double Ring Bottle" and "Chicken Heart Bottle" were selected to be listed on the commemorative stamp of China Jun porcelain and the in-situ cover;
In 2001, Master Liu Jianjun designed the "Guanyin Bottle" displayed in the Henan Hall of the Great Hall of the People, while developing Jun porcelain and color glazed porcelain, he systematically resumed the development of ancient celadon represented by the official kiln of the Song Dynasty (Junguan kiln, Ruguan kiln, official porcelain, Ge kiln), and developed it as a whole and grasped it systematically.
In 2007, his work "Alien Beast" was awarded the gold medal in the selection of Chinese collectors' favorite art masters and elites
In 2008, the work "Lotus Fragrance" China Arts and Crafts Society Traditional Arts and Crafts Award Silver Award;
In 2009, his work "Heding" won the first prize in the National Ceramic Original Design TV Grand Prix
In 2010, in the first Chinese Historical Porcelain Firing Skills Competition, two works, "Daoxuan" and "Juhe", won the gold medal
In 2010, his work "Kunde Wash" won the gold medal at the 11th China Arts and Crafts Masters and International Art Fair
In 2010, his work "Heaven and Xuan" won the gold medal in the 9th National Ceramic Art Design Innovation Competition
In 2010, his work "Oriental Crown" won the silver medal in the first China Historical Porcelain Firing Skills Competition
In 2011, his work "Tao Xuan" series won the silver medal in the first China Kaolin International Ceramic Art Competition
In 2012, his work "Three Teachings and Nine Streams" won the gold medal at the 7th China Folk Arts and Crafts Fair
In 2014, his work "Kowloon Study, Wash" won the gold medal of the first "Yu Tao Cup" of the first Chinese Ceramic Masters Alliance in Shanghai
In 2015, his work "Pankou Xuanbo Vase" won the gold medal of the 4th International Ceramics Competition of 2015 "Oriental Rhyme".
In 2017, his work "Qinglian (Honest)" won the Gold Award of the Hundred Flowers Cup of the China Arts and Crafts Association
In 2018, his work "Longyi Nine Vehicles (Taihe)" won the Gold Award of the 11th Ceramic Art Festival
In 2019, his work "Blooming Flowers" won the second prize of the Earth Award of China Ceramic Industry AssociationThe work "Dragon Nine Rides" won the Special Honor Award of Henan Arts and Crafts Industry Association for this porcelain Yaozhong Central Plains - Henan Province Art Ceramics Innovation Works;
In 2020, his work "Oriental Crown" won the silver medal of the first China Historical Porcelain Firing Skills Competition
In 2021, the work "Deep Belly Bowl" won the second prize of the first China (Baofeng) Official Kiln Porcelain Firing Skills Competition of China Arts and Crafts Association;
In 2005, the official porcelain "Piercing Ear Bottle" and "Amphora Bowl" were collected by the Southern Song Dynasty Official Kiln Museum
In 2010, his work "Dao Xuan" was collected by the Ru Porcelain Museum
In 2011, the series of works "Daoxuan" was collected by the "National Secondary Museum" of Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum
In 2015, his work "Dao Xuan Bowl" was permanently collected by the Museum of Asian Art in Greece
In 2016, his work "Heding" was collected by Jiao Yulu Memorial Hall;
In 2016, his work "Tianchi" was collected by Henan Provincial Ceramic Art Museum
In 2017, his works "Perfection Zun" and "Garlic Bottle" were collected by the French Chinese Art Association
In 2017, his work "Qinglian" was collected by the Jun Porcelain Museum of Henan Province
In 2019, his work "Tianchi" was collected by Jingdezhen University Museum
In 2021, his work "Amphora" was collected by the China Zisha Museum
In 2021, his work "Out of the Halberd" was collected by the Zhejiang Museum of Modern Art
In 2021, the work "Out of the Halberd" was collected by the Yangshao Cultural Museum of Mianchi Province;
In 2021, his works "Kun De Wash", "Qinglian", "Dao Xuanpao", "Out of the Halberd" and "Dragon Nine Rides" were collected by the Henan Museum.