The Record Breaking bronze statue

Prices were on the ancient bronze million. Carrying a few thousand years of Chinese cultural and historical value of ancient Chinese bronzes, not only can be seen in museums, private collections also account for a substantial portion, and its market price are million as the unit. Put these decorations together and matched with the shapes of bronze sculpture, you can feel the dignified and classical beauty of bronze sculpture. June 28, the delegation visited the Southern heritage enjoys an international reputation in the bronze of the Shanghai Museum, where it felt the charm of ancient bronzes. Auction high record breaking Bronze.

Currently, the antique market can truly be called "the rich collection," probably none other than the non-bronze. Carrying a few thousand years of Chinese cultural and historical value of ancient Chinese bronzes, not only can be seen in museums, private collections also account for a substantial portion, and its market price are million as the unit. Harmony and unity and particular care to the whole effect is also well manifested in the taotie design on the bronze statue. Just ended in late June in Shanghai Chong source of large works of art at auction in spring 2005, only three bronze collections are higher than the valuation price of many transactions, of which a 33.2 cm high of the Shang Dynasty bronze "Father of wine container Guardian" valuation of 120 million, 154 million transactions last, 28% higher than the valuation.
In fact, this transaction results are not "surprise", the artistic value of ancient bronzes of China has long been subject to domestic and foreign artists and collectors who recognized, in foreign countries where many major museums, Museum of Chinese bronzes have been set up, and there are many hidden treasures. The same is in the auction market, China's ancient bronze repeatedly hit a high-priced auction. Based on the decoration, shape and function of china bronze sculpture, integrated use of contrast, symmetry, balance, levels, etc have been taken into considerations. In New York last year, Asian art auctions, special bronze were introduced 16 auction of ancient Chinese bronzes, including a high of about 29.8 cm of the late Shang Dynasty Western Zhou Dynasty bronze furnace, valuation is $ 1.3 million. As early as in 2001, the United States New York art auction at Christie's, the Shang Dynasty bronze "Vincent III" party jar the body, to $ 9.24 million on the transaction price, as the myth of the history of bronze auction.

Distinction depends on the authenticity of decoration. In China, the Shanghai Museum's bronze collection is the world's leading, were on display at the Shanghai Museum, more than 400 pieces of exquisite ancient Chinese bronze, a rich collection of ancient bronzes that the history of art can be fully demonstrated. Besides, the appropriate selection and combination of a variety of decorations has set off the modeling of the bronze sculpture. Classified by the shape of these bronzes can be divided into food, wine, wash water heater, musical instruments, weapons and miscellaneous devices, in accordance with the development of the era of sub-bronze, bronze base is divided into the initiation period, incubation period of bronze, its peak period Bronze.

Bronze and update period of transition period bronzes, it is worth noting that each period has its own bronze obvious features. Because of these characteristics marked the history of the brand, is now to distinguish the authenticity of bronze dating bronze and important research materials. The decorations make the chinese bronze sculpture more dignified. Guangzhou City, headquarters of the accompanying cultural experts Wuzhen Zhao explained that this bronze ornamentation, especially worthy of study and comparison. For example, he said, the early and mid-Shang bronze art of China's Bronze mature stage of development, with wine-based, Animal Mask sample is relatively common; late Shang to early Western Zhou bronze art has reached a glorious peak period, exquisite ornamentation, covered the body uses a lot of relief carving of the peace process, the most important Western Zhou bronze inscriptions appeared on the voluminous.