In 1994, China Guardian's first auction was held. The first lot was Wu Xiceng's "Fishing and Joy" with a starting price of 7,000 yuan. Zhang Zongxian, holding No. 1 plate, was the first to bid.: "Today is the first auction of Guardian. I will bid one." Eighty-eight thousand, it will be sold at the first auction!" The venue immediately became lively. Zhang Zongxian and the buyers in the venue competed to increase the price, and finally raised the price to eighty-eight thousand. The famous connoisseur Xu Bangda knocked the first hammer in China's auction, and Zhang Zongxian won the first prize.
At the scene of China’s first auction, Ma Weidu was inadvertently “in the same frame” as Zhang Zongxian, and the two were not far apart. After 23 years, the influential figures who have dominated the Chinese collecting circle for nearly half a century have become important collectors of Chinese art and promoters of the Chinese cultural relics and art market. Two leading collectors, one from the south and one from the north, gathered at the Guardian Art Center on January 13 to attend the book signing and reader exchange event for "Zhang Zongxian's Collecting World" and talk about Chinese collections.
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"Mr. No. 1"'s auction style
Zhang Zongxian: Forever No. 1 at the auction
For decades, "Robert" has been famous in the collection industry · "Robert Chang" (Robert Chang) took the lead. He chose to sit in the first row, held up the No. 1 sign, and loved buying the No. 1 lot. He was given the nickname "Mr. No. 1" (No. 1). Zhang Zongxian himself said: "I am the number one Chinese, and good things come at good prices!"
In 1960, Zhang Zongxian and Samuel Sydney Marchant, a famous London antique dealer, were in Yongyuan.
Zhang Zongxian, who is in his 90s, has entered the world of antique collecting since he was young. He has been a dominant figure in the world for many years and has witnessed countless ups and downs in the Chinese art market. He has handled many precious collections worth tens of millions and interacted with legendary figures in the Tibetan world. , not only full of stories and allusions, but also its experiences can be called a living history of Chinese collections.
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Zhang Zongxian is talented and intelligent, and has a deep family background. His grandfather Zhang Yiru is a giant in modern bamboo carving. His father is Zhang Zhongying, a leader in the antique industry in Shanghai during the Republic of China. Zhang Zongxian was a teenager. I started purchasing goods at the Peking Antique Market. In 1948, 20-year-old Zhang Zongxian left Shanghai and arrived in Hong Kong with only 24 US dollars. "No money, no Cantonese, no English, no relatives, no friends, no wife." Three years later, he opened his own antique shop, Yong Yuan Hang, in Hong Kong. At that time, old princes from Beijing and former collectors from Shanghai fled to Hong Kong. Hong Kong became an important town for the circulation of Chinese cultural relics. In his early 20s, Zhang Zongxian was lucky enough to catch the wave and get the first pot of gold. For more than half a century, Zhang Zongxian has spared no effort to collect Chinese porcelain, calligraphy and paintings around the world. With his vision and business acumen, he has won the trust and respect of collectors around the world. As early as 1989, he helped Zhang Tiangen, the founder of Taipei Hongxi Art Museum, to purchase the Qing Yongzheng enamel hibiscus reed goose cup for 16.5 million Hong Kong dollars, which set a record for porcelain in the Qing Dynasty at that time.
Inner pages of the book: Snuff bottles collected by Zhang Zongxian
Inner pages of the book: Porcelain collected by Zhang Zongxian
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Collection of Zhang Zongxian: Qianlong gilt cloisonné and enamel phoenix-shaped flower arrangement
Height 31 centimeters
Over the past decades, Zhang Zongxian has handled more than thousands of porcelain, calligraphy and painting works. He has always insisted on pursuing high-quality products and would rather lack than waste. Zhang Zongxian's standard for collecting porcelain is to pursue "all-American", while in calligraphy and painting, he pursues "uniqueness". He firmly believes: " As long as the product is good, it can be expensive if it is expensive! " This collection standard also brings him huge returns. In 1992, at the Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, Zhang Daqian's "Lingyan Mountain Color Picture" was purchased by him for HK$4.29 million, setting the highest price for a modern Chinese calligraphy and painting at that time. This work appeared at Beijing Poly Autumn Auction in 2010. The transaction price was as high as 62.72 million yuan.
In 1994, China Guardian's first auction was held. The first lot was Wu Xiceng's "Fishing and Joy" with a starting price of 7,000 yuan. Zhang Zongxian, holding No. 1 plate, was the first to bid.: "Today is the first auction of Guardian. I will bid one." Eighty-eight thousand, it will be sold at the first auction!" The venue immediately became lively. Zhang Zongxian and the buyers in the venue competed to increase the price, and finally raised the price to eighty-eight thousand. The famous connoisseur Xu Bangda knocked the first hammer in China's auction, and Zhang Zongxian won the first prize.
At the scene of China’s first auction, Ma Weidu was inadvertently “in the same frame” as Zhang Zongxian, and the two were not far apart. After 23 years, the influential figures who have dominated the Chinese collecting circle for nearly half a century have become important collectors of Chinese art and promoters of the Chinese cultural relics and art market. Two leading collectors, one from the south and one from the north, gathered at the Guardian Art Center on January 13 to attend the book signing and reader exchange event for "Zhang Zongxian's Collecting World" and talk about Chinese collections.
(A mini program has been added here, please go to the Toutiao client to view)
"Mr. No. 1"'s auction style
Zhang Zongxian: Forever No. 1 at the auction
For decades, "Robert" has been famous in the collection industry · "Robert Chang" (Robert Chang) took the lead. He chose to sit in the first row, held up the No. 1 sign, and loved buying the No. 1 lot. He was given the nickname "Mr. No. 1" (No. 1). Zhang Zongxian himself said: "I am the number one Chinese, and good things come at good prices!"
In 1960, Zhang Zongxian and Samuel Sydney Marchant, a famous London antique dealer, were in Yongyuan.
Zhang Zongxian, who is in his 90s, has entered the world of antique collecting since he was young. He has been a dominant figure in the world for many years and has witnessed countless ups and downs in the Chinese art market. He has handled many precious collections worth tens of millions and interacted with legendary figures in the Tibetan world. , not only full of stories and allusions, but also its experiences can be called a living history of Chinese collections.
(A mini program has been added here, please go to the Toutiao client to view)
Zhang Zongxian is talented and intelligent, and has a deep family background. His grandfather Zhang Yiru is a giant in modern bamboo carving. His father is Zhang Zhongying, a leader in the antique industry in Shanghai during the Republic of China. Zhang Zongxian was a teenager. I started purchasing goods at the Peking Antique Market. In 1948, 20-year-old Zhang Zongxian left Shanghai and arrived in Hong Kong with only 24 US dollars. "No money, no Cantonese, no English, no relatives, no friends, no wife." Three years later, he opened his own antique shop, Yong Yuan Hang, in Hong Kong. At that time, old princes from Beijing and former collectors from Shanghai fled to Hong Kong. Hong Kong became an important town for the circulation of Chinese cultural relics. In his early 20s, Zhang Zongxian was lucky enough to catch the wave and get the first pot of gold. For more than half a century, Zhang Zongxian has spared no effort to collect Chinese porcelain, calligraphy and paintings around the world. With his vision and business acumen, he has won the trust and respect of collectors around the world. As early as 1989, he helped Zhang Tiangen, the founder of Taipei Hongxi Art Museum, to purchase the Qing Yongzheng enamel hibiscus reed goose cup for 16.5 million Hong Kong dollars, which set a record for porcelain in the Qing Dynasty at that time.
Inner pages of the book: Snuff bottles collected by Zhang Zongxian
Inner pages of the book: Porcelain collected by Zhang Zongxian
(A mini program has been added here, please go to Toutiao client to view)
Collection of Zhang Zongxian: Qianlong gilt cloisonné and enamel phoenix-shaped flower arrangement
Height 31 centimeters
Over the past decades, Zhang Zongxian has handled more than thousands of porcelain, calligraphy and painting works. He has always insisted on pursuing high-quality products and would rather lack than waste. Zhang Zongxian's standard for collecting porcelain is to pursue "all-American", while in calligraphy and painting, he pursues "uniqueness". He firmly believes: " As long as the product is good, it can be expensive if it is expensive! " This collection standard also brings him huge returns. In 1992, at the Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, Zhang Daqian's "Lingyan Mountain Color Picture" was purchased by him for HK$4.29 million, setting the highest price for a modern Chinese calligraphy and painting at that time. This work appeared at Beijing Poly Autumn Auction in 2010. The transaction price was as high as 62.72 million yuan.In 2002, at the Chinese Porcelain and Crafts Auction held by Sotheby's in Hong Kong, a pastel bat-peach pattern olive vase from the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty collected by Zhang Zongxian was sold for HK$41.5 million, setting a world auction record for Qing Dynasty porcelain at that time. It was none other than Zhang Zongxian’s sister, Ms. Zhang Yongzhen, who took this vase into her pocket. Later, this treasure was donated to the Shanghai Museum. In 2006, the "Imperial Enamel Apricot Forest Spring Swallows Bowl" collected by Mr. Zhang Zongxian from the Qing Dynasty was sold for HK$151 million at Christie's in Hong Kong and was purchased by Zhai Jianmin, a famous ceramic collector and agent. At the 2013 Sotheby's Spring Auction in Hong Kong, a rouge-red enamel lotus bowl from the Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty collected by Zhang Zongxian was bought for HK$74.04 million, setting a new auction record for Kangxi porcelain of the Qing Dynasty. This porcelain was purchased by Zhang Zongxian at the 10th anniversary auction of Sotheby's Hong Kong in 1983 for HK$528,000. It was released to the market again in 1999 and changed hands for HK$12 million. It was collected by his sister Zhang Yong.
Zhang Zongxian's collection: Imperial bronze gilt cloisonné enamel duck-shaped handlebar teapot made by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (pair)
Height 30.3 cm Not only is he a big buyer at the auction, he helps generously at important moments and gives up old collections. He is also a leader in the Chinese auction industry. Zhang Zongxian once tried his best to promote international auction companies such as Christie's to settle in Hong Kong, turning Hong Kong from a distribution center for Chinese antiques into one of the world's exchange centers for cultural relics and artworks; he once tried his best to support the newly emerging auction companies in mainland China from their staggering start to rapid growth. development has contributed to Beijing's equal position with Hong Kong, London, and New York in the Chinese cultural relics and art market; he has repeatedly pushed the prices of Chinese cultural relics and art to the high end, creating a Another "sky-high price" puts Chinese cultural relics and artworks on par with Western cultural relics and artworks.
Chen Dongsheng, the founder of China Guardian, recalled that he received a lot of help from Mr. Zhang when he was starting up: "... (We) asked Mr. Zhang Zongxian many times about many things about the auction company, what to do, what to pay attention to, and what about the auction catalog. Arrangement, how to collect lots, how to set up the auction ladder, how to train the auctioneer, when and how the hammer will fall, the auctioneer must be able to see all directions and listen to all directions, and ask for advice on every minute detail."
Jiade Kou Qin, chairman and CEO of Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. and general manager of Guardian Art Center, said in the preface of the book "Zhang Zongxian's Collecting World": Without Mr. Zhang Zongxian's professional guidance and commercial promotion, China's cultural relics auction market would not be what it is today. Whether it is Sotheby's in Hong Kong, Christie's in Hong Kong, China Guardian, Hanhai in Beijing, or Duoyunxuan in Shanghai, Mr. Zhang Zongxian not only teaches by words and deeds, but also lends a helping hand.
Ma Weidu: The No. 1 spokesman for Chinese collectors
Ma Weidu, a collector who has been friends with Zhang Zongxian for many years, took a different path. Ma Weidu started collecting ancient Chinese artifacts in the 1980s. At that time, he bought antiques everywhere, almost everywhere in Hebei and Shanxi. According to his words, "Someone will lead the way, and there are treasures everywhere. You can pick them up by bending down." ". "From the age of 25 to 35, I spent 10 years of frenzy and restraint. In these 10 years, the price of antiques was at the bottom for a long time, with no ups and downs, and it lasted for a very long time."
to the 1990s, Ma Weidu's collection had already taken shape The collection includes more than 1,000 pieces of ceramics, ancient furniture, jade and antiques. On October 30, 1996, Guanfu Museum was approved by the government and became the first private museum in New China. The museum has a porcelain gallery, a furniture gallery, an oil painting gallery, a crafts gallery, a video gallery, and a door and window gallery. The ceramic curator exhibits more than 150 pieces of porcelain from ancient Chinese official and private kilns dating from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty every year. They are the most representative artifacts from the five famous kilns in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. In the Furniture Hall, a pair of red sandalwood pagodas that were used to celebrate the birthday of Qianlong's mother are particularly precious. This seven-story pagoda came to the UK 100 years ago and was bought back by Ma Weidu from Sotheby's 30th anniversary auction in Hong Kong in 2003 for 3.5 million yuan.
In 2008, 54-year-old Ma Weidu began to give lectures "Ma Weidu Talks about Collection" at Baijia Forum to popularize cultural relics knowledge and promote the culture of collection. He has broadcast 52 lectures. He has both literary skills and theoretical practice, and his lectures are easy to understand and deeply loved by the audience. , is widely known. He has also become the number one spokesperson in the Chinese collecting industry and the most influential person in the Chinese collecting industry.
Today, Ma Weidu already owns 5 private museums, and he plans to build 10 Guanfu museums in China to "let the exhibitions spin like a millstone."
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From a series of audio-visual programs such as "Hundred Forums", "Collecting Ma Weidu", "Dudu", to "Ma Talks about Ceramics", "Porcelain" "Series" and "Drunken Civilization Series" can be described as a book with a whole body of work. From Guanfu Museum to Guanfu Culture, Ma Wei has personally popularized collection culture into ordinary people's homes.
Zhang Zongxian + Ma Weidu: On Tao Collection
"Zhang Zongxian's Collecting World" book and movie
"Zhang Zongxian's Collecting World" tells the legendary story of Mr. Zhang Zongxian, a great collector. This is an important publishing project of "Guard Library". We hope that this book will be both plain and credible and can vividly reproduce the ups and downs of Mr. Zhang Zongxian's wonderful life.
This book took more than two years from interview to completion. In order to ensure the richness and authenticity of the content, Mr. Zhang Zongxian and his family provided valuable first-hand information. In addition, Suzhou Museum, Shanghai Museum, Sotheby's, Christie's and other institutions also provided precious picture materials for this book. Having infiltrated the collecting world for decades, Zhang Zongxian has played an important role in promoting the art auction market. He once helped Sotheby's and Christie's enter Hong Kong, and is also a mentor for many auction houses in the mainland; Mr. Zhang's collection and life experience are even more legends worth telling and listening to.
Zhang Zongxian took a photo at Jiade Bookstore
Conversation scene
In 2008, 54-year-old Ma Weidu began to give lectures "Ma Weidu Talks about Collection" at Baijia Forum to popularize cultural relics knowledge and promote the culture of collection. He has broadcast 52 lectures. He has both literary skills and theoretical practice, and his lectures are easy to understand and deeply loved by the audience. , is widely known. He has also become the number one spokesperson in the Chinese collecting industry and the most influential person in the Chinese collecting industry.
Today, Ma Weidu already owns 5 private museums, and he plans to build 10 Guanfu museums in China to "let the exhibitions spin like a millstone."
(A mini program has been added here, please go to Toutiao client to view)
From a series of audio-visual programs such as "Hundred Forums", "Collecting Ma Weidu", "Dudu", to "Ma Talks about Ceramics", "Porcelain" "Series" and "Drunken Civilization Series" can be described as a book with a whole body of work. From Guanfu Museum to Guanfu Culture, Ma Wei has personally popularized collection culture into ordinary people's homes.
Zhang Zongxian + Ma Weidu: On Tao Collection
"Zhang Zongxian's Collecting World" book and movie
"Zhang Zongxian's Collecting World" tells the legendary story of Mr. Zhang Zongxian, a great collector. This is an important publishing project of "Guard Library". We hope that this book will be both plain and credible and can vividly reproduce the ups and downs of Mr. Zhang Zongxian's wonderful life.
This book took more than two years from interview to completion. In order to ensure the richness and authenticity of the content, Mr. Zhang Zongxian and his family provided valuable first-hand information. In addition, Suzhou Museum, Shanghai Museum, Sotheby's, Christie's and other institutions also provided precious picture materials for this book. Having infiltrated the collecting world for decades, Zhang Zongxian has played an important role in promoting the art auction market. He once helped Sotheby's and Christie's enter Hong Kong, and is also a mentor for many auction houses in the mainland; Mr. Zhang's collection and life experience are even more legends worth telling and listening to.
Zhang Zongxian took a photo at Jiade Bookstore
Conversation scene
