Habsburg Auction 2023 - Summary of purple clay pots sold for more than 5 million
no.1 Gu Jingzhou made a bamboo drum pot with only a thread
Auction Session:December 16, 2023 Qatar Auction - Miscellaneous Session.
Specifications of the collection：w:18.2cm h:8.8cm
Starting bid：qar 12,600,000
Sold price: QAR 15,000,000 (equivalent to RMB: 29.61 million).
Description of the collection: Print: "Manxi Pottery" and "Gu Jingzhou". This pot is shaped and shaped with bamboo, and uses lines as the decoration of the pot body, expressing the charm of elegance, rigidity and softness, and plump and thick.
no.2 Ming Li Maolin made a flat-shouldered lotus monk hat pot
Auction Session:December 16, 2023 Qatar Auction - Miscellaneous Session.
Specifications of the collection：w:15.4cm h:6.6cm
Starting bid：qar 14,000,000
Sold price: QAR 15,000,000 (equivalent to RMB: 29.61 million).
Description of the collection: Inscription: "Floating frost, cold moon, rain, clear stream, fragrant thirst, quenching heat and ice", "Wanli Ding Chouzijing Mr. Suo, Wen Jiaming". Print: "Maolin". "Maolin" is Li Maolin, known as Li Yangxin, the master of Yixing pot making in Jiajing and Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. From the inscription at the bottom, it can be seen that Xiang Yuanbian specially asked Wen Jia to engrave the inscription, Xiang Yuanbian is a collector of ancient calligraphy and painting, Wen Jia is the second son of Wen Zhengming, and his eldest son Wen Peng has passed away.
no.3 Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty Lion Ball Hexagonal Purple Sand Jar
Auction Session:December 16, 2023 Qatar Auction - Miscellaneous Session.
Specifications of the collection：l:16.3cm w:9.8cm h:10.8cm
Starting bid：qar 14,900,000
Sold price: QAR 14,900,000 (equivalent to RMB: 29.41 million).
no.4 Ganqing Palace Imperial Zang Chen Wuyuan purple clay pot
Auction Session:December 16, 2023 Qatar Auction - Miscellaneous Session.
Specifications of the collection：h:10.5cm w:16.5cm
Starting bid：qar 13,000,000
Sold price: QAR 13,000,000 (equivalent to RMB: 25.66 million).
Description of the collection: The Chen Mingyuan purple sand pot in the imperial collection of the Ganqing Palace is a precious cultural relic, which represents the exquisite skills and unique style of ancient Chinese purple sand ware making. Chen Mingyuan was a famous purple sand artist during the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, and his works are known for their exquisite skills, unique style and innovative design. The purple clay pot of Chen Mingyuan, the imperial collection of the Ganqing Palace, is one of his masterpieces, with a beautiful body shape, smooth lines, and a very exquisite design of the spout, handle and lid.
no.5 Gu Jingzhou's bamboo leaf poems purple clay pot
Auction Session:30 September 2023 Singapore Auction - Miscellaneous Sale.
Specifications of the collection：h:9cm l:17.3cm w:11.7cm
Starting bid：sgd 4,770,000
Sold price: SGD 4,770,000 (equivalent to RMB: 25.6 million).
no.6 Chen Mingyuan Pumpkin purple clay pot with flowers
Auction Session:30 September 2023 Singapore Auction - Miscellaneous Sale.
Specifications of the collection：l:19.5cm w:12.5cm h:10.7cm
Starting bid：sgd 2,220,000
Sold price: SGD 3,200,000 (equivalent to RMB: 17.17 million).
Description of the collection: Chen Mingyuan's word Mingyuan, Hefeng, also known as Shixia Mountain, Huyin, Yixing Zisha famous artist during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, is a famous player with high achievements in pot art and boutique for hundreds of years. Chen Mingyuan was born in a purple sand family, the tea set, elegant play up to dozens of kinds, all exquisite, he also created the body of the pot engraved with the wind of the inscription, signed to engrave the inscription and seal together, the style is elegant, there is the style of the Tang Dynasty, the work is famous at home and abroad, at that time there was a "overseas competition for Mingyuan dish" said, the development history of purple sand pottery has established outstanding merits. Chen Mingyuan also created the body of the pot engraved with poems and inscriptions for decoration, signed to engrave the name and seal at the same time, the decorative art and calligraphy of traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy, introduced the production process of the sand pot, so that the original plain and unpretentious pot body added a lot of timeless decorative interest, but also made the sand pot more has a strong bookish atmosphere, coupled with the poetry inscription, the calligraphy of the book is elegant and beautiful, rich in the Jin and Tang Dynasty brushwork, so as to integrate the pot art, tea and the elegance of the literati, greatly improve the artistic value and cultural value of the sand pot.
no.7 Zhu Kexin's purple sand painted gold dragon pattern pot
Auction Session:December 16, 2023 Qatar Auction - Miscellaneous Session.
Specifications of the collection：h:15.5cm w:26cm
Starting bid：qar 7,880,000
Sold price: QAR 8,000,000 (equivalent to RMB: 15.79 million).
Description of the collectionZhu Kexin is an important figure in the history of modern purple sand in China, he is a famous artist of Yixing purple sand and the first generation of purple sand craft masters in New China, and his works have high artistic value and collection value. The purple sand painted gold dragon pattern pot is a traditional Yixing purple sand pot, which is usually made of Yixing purple sand mud, and the surface of the pot body is depicted with a dragon pattern. It is a valuable collectible.
no.8 Jiang Rong Purple clay pot
Auction Session:December 16, 2023 Qatar Auction - Miscellaneous Session.
Specifications of the collection：h:12cm wt:418g
Starting bid：qar 5,680,000
Sold price: QAR 6,500,000 (equivalent to RMB: 12.83 million).
Description of the collection: Jiang Rong (1919-2008), alias Lin Feng, was a native of Qianluo, Chuanbu, Yixing City, Jiangsu Province. She is an important figure in the history of Chinese purple sand craftsmanship and is known as the master of contemporary purple sand pot art. His main representative works include lotus pots, peony pots, gourd pots, diamond-shaped pots, pumpkin ashtrays, etc. Jiang Rong's works are exquisite, vivid and true, and unique, so she has become the first female arts and crafts master in the history of China's purple sand crafts. Her works have won the "Grand Prize" at the National Industrial Conference, and made gifts for the Prime Minister's visit to Southeast Asia and other countries. In 1956, the people of Jiangsu Province appointed her as the "technical counselor" of the purple sand process, which was the highest honor and treatment in the craft industry at that time. Jiang Rong is also a member of the China Art Society, a member of the China Arts and Crafts Design Association, and an honorary director of the Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Association.
no.9 Clear pumpkin cover for spring pot
Auction Session:December 16, 2023 Qatar Auction - Miscellaneous Session.
Specifications of the collection：w:12.6cm h:6.6cm
Starting bid：qar 5,900,000
Sold price: QAR 5,900,000 (equivalent to RMB: 11.64 million).
Description of the collection: The pot for spring is the pot made by the famous artists of Yixing in Jiangsu Province during the Zhengde and Jiajing periods of the Ming Dynasty. Legend has it that his surname is Gong and his name is Chun. Later, inspired by the monks of Jinsha Temple, imitate the natural craggy posture of the stump to make this type of pot, its simple and lovely shape is widely loved, because of the homonym of the name of the maker and called "for spring" pot. The shape of the pot was widely spread later, and many purple sand masters have learned since the Qing Dynasty.
no.10 Gu Jingzhou's Panlong purple clay pot
Auction Session:December 16, 2023 Qatar Auction - Miscellaneous Session.
Specifications of the collection：h:13.5cm
Starting bid：qar 4,980,000
Sold price: QAR 5,000,000 (equivalent to RMB: 9.87 million).
no.11 Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty Imperial purple sand depiction gold landscape poetry round pot
Auction Session:December 16, 2023 Qatar Auction - Miscellaneous Session.
Specifications of the collection：w:16.5cm h:9cm
Starting bid：qar 3,900,000
Sold price: QAR 3,900,000 (equivalent to RMB: 7.69 million).
Description of the collection: This purple sand depiction of gold landscape poetry round pot is a rare Qianlong court imperial system, the body of the pot is painted with gold seal book excerpt Qianlong Emperor in Longjing made poems "in the rain in the mountains that are scene miscellaneous songs", the text is dignified and elegant. On the other side, the wind of the Four Kings Nanzong paints the distant lake and green mountains, and the nearby trees are clustered, the rocks are stacked, and the new moss is dotted. There is a small pavilion in the painting. There is no one in the pavilion or in the painting, because the person is about to appreciate the painting, and retraces the poetic wonderland in Longjing at that time.
no.12 Wang Yinchun purple clay pot
Auction Session:December 16, 2023 Qatar Auction - Miscellaneous Session.
Specifications of the collection：l:9.6cm w:6.1cm h:5.5cm
Starting bid：qar 3,090,000
Sold price: QAR 3,500,000 (equivalent to RMB: 6.91 million).
no.13 Celebrity purple clay pot – Zhu Kexin (1904-1986).
Auction Session:30 September 2023 Singapore Auction - Miscellaneous Sale.
Specifications of the collection：l:21cm w:12.2cm h:10.2cm
Starting bid：sgd 1,280,000
Sold price: SGD 1,280,000 (equivalent to RMB: 6.87 million).
Call for Auctions: Habsburg 2024 Singapore and China Treasured Art Auction
event name: habsburg 2024 singapore · china collection art auction
Auction agency: Habsburg International Auctions***
auctioneer: habsburg international auction co., ltd.
Call for submissions: May 10, 2024
collection deadline: may 10, 2024
Venue: Ballroom, Level 4, Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Buyers: from all regions of the world, important buyers from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and other countries and regions.