Yuanmingyuan 1, ox head, tiger head, horse head
1985 In Palm Springs, California, Charles, an American antique dealer, bought three China bronze animal heads from william blake, a retired policeman, at a price of 1500 dollars each. At that time, no one thought that this ordinary transfer would cause great controversy in the future international cultural relics auction market.
1June, 1989, three animal heads of Yuanmingyuan transferred by Charles appeared at Sotheby's in London at the same time, and they were sold at the price of ox head148,500, tiger head137,500 and horse head 18 1500 respectively. The buyer of these three lots is the same person, that is Cai Chenyang, chairman of Taiwan Province Dwelling House Group.
2. Rat head and rabbit head
On the evening of 25th, Christie's auction house auctioned the bronze statue of the mouse-headed rabbit lost in Yuanmingyuan, China. These two animal heads were bought by a telephone buyer at the price of14 million euros respectively. Christie's auction house set the starting price of the two bronze statues at 8 million to10 million euros respectively, with a total price of about 200 million yuan.
Yves Saint-Laurent, a French fashion designer, and Pierre Belges, his companion, held a three-day auction of "special collections" with more than 700 items. /kloc-bronze statues of rat heads and rabbit heads looted by British and French allied forces in the 0/860 war and lost overseas for many years are among the high-priced items.
3. Porcelain in Qianlong period
The starting price of Gan Long sauce hollow gold lacquer pastel hexagonal bottle is HK$ 4.2 million. As soon as the auctioneer spoke, a man in a dark suit in the front row quickly raised the number 53. It is puzzling that, like what happened at Christie's auction a few days ago, Mr. 53' s opponent is an English-speaking telephone bidder.
Two minutes later, after more than 40 bids, the bidder on the other end of the phone stopped. Mr. 53 beat his opponent at a price of HK$ 654.38+09 million and won the lot with applause. After the auction, the world learned that poster No.53 was the representative of Beijing Cultural Relics Bureau.
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In addition to the above-mentioned cultural relics being auctioned, the more famous one being auctioned is the jade seal of Fuchuntang in Yuanmingyuan.
2011on may 25th, it was learned that the imperial seal of Fuchuntang in Yuanmingyuan was recently auctioned at Christie's in England. In the auction market at home and abroad this spring, there were many lots suspected of Yuanmingyuan cultural relics. The return of the lost cultural relics in Yuanmingyuan once again aroused public concern and controversy.
Liu Yang, a member of the Academic Committee of China Yuanmingyuan, took the lead in publishing the news that Fuchuntang Jade Seal was auctioned in his blog. Liu Yang said that the bottom side of the jade seal was printed with the words "Fuchun Tangbao", and the jade dragon was entrenched on it. On the surface, the imperial seal was baked at high temperature, so it is very likely that it was a cultural relic looted by the British and French allied forces when they invaded Yuanmingyuan. He said that it is obvious that there are not many cultural relics in Qichun Garden of Yuanmingyuan, and Fuchun Hall is the central landscape in the palace gate of Qichun Garden. The appearance of Fuchuntang Imperial Seal is undoubtedly very important for studying the history of Yuanmingyuan.
According to collectors, there are indeed many Yuanmingyuan cultural relics scattered in the auction market. Some auction houses don't say it belongs to Yuanmingyuan, but label it with vague concepts such as "Qing Jiaqing' Fuchun Tang Bao'". But many collectors are proud of collecting Yuanmingyuan cultural relics. Some cultural relics were labeled as Yuanmingyuan, and their value immediately doubled.
Liu Yang believes that the auction of Yuanmingyuan cultural relics hurts the feelings of China people, but if someone buys cultural relics to return to China, it can still be regarded as a way to return. People in the legal circles are controversial about whether it is illegal to auction the cultural relics of Yuanmingyuan. As far as domestic auctions are concerned, all cultural relics need to be approved by the cultural relics department before they can enter the auction market.
People's Network-Yuanmingyuan Animal Head: A Pre-publicized "Auction Show"
Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuanmingyuan Animal Head Auction